Parsha

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis To find the proper words on such occasions is never easy, but that was the challenge of Moshe Rabbenu as he...

By: Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier “And Moshe returned to HASHEM and said, “HASHEM, why have You done evil to this people? Why have You sent...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this parsha, we meet the greatest man who ever walked on planet earth, the man who actually spoke to G-d...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb I live on the eastern seaboard of the United States, which, at the time of writing this particular piece, had...

By: Rabbi: Osher Jungreis We have a teaching that everything that happened to our forefathers is a sign to the children. So when we study...

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb I have known more than my share of families that are torn by discord. I think most of us,...

By: Shlomo Katz The Midrash Rabbah comments on the verse (45:28), “Yisrael said, ‘How great! My son Yosef still lives!’”– Yaakov said, “How great is the strength...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week`s parsha we read the dramatic story of Joseph who is now Viceroy of Egypt meeting his brethren after...

By: Rabbi Kenneth Auman The Medrash Rabba at the beginning of Parshat Miketz, the parsha that is read on Shabbat Chanukah this year (and in...

By Rabbi Raymond Beyda "...They raised their eyes and they saw, behold! — A caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, their camels bearing spices,...

By Rabbi Naftali Reich Joseph knew he might never have another chance to get out of the dank Egyptian dungeon in which he had languished...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis From the subtlety of Jacob`s language, we discover the character traits to which we, as Jews, should aspire–and the converse is...

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky Yaakov’s family faced a tremendous crisis. While passing through the city of Shechem, Dena, their sister was attacked and was violated...

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky Yaakov's first encounter with his future wife Rachel was significant, encompassing varied emotions, each of which merits lengthy discussion. Upon greeting...

By: Rabbi Benjamin Hecht The story of Rachel's theft of the terafim, the idols1 of her father, as reported in Bereishit 31:19,2 is somewhat of...

By: Rabbi Benjamin Hecht On the surface, it would seem somewhat appropriate that the story of the search for a wife for Yitzchak Avinu should...