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...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis A careful study of the parsha even highlights the specifics of courtship and marriage and offers the guidance that we so sorely need...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis This week’s parsha imparts to us lessons for life–how we should conduct ourselves in our daily affairs and in our relationships. Interestingly...

By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky In what must be one of the greatest transitional scenes in the entire Biblical narrative, this week the Torah transposes us...

By: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Most people do not give much thought to their ancestral origins. But some do, and I am one of...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, the history of the Jewish people commences. Until now, in the portions of Genesis and Noah, we...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb The Torah is replete with inspiring stories of its heroes. The lives of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and David, to name...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis There is a famous Midrash based on this week’s parsha that asks, “If there are so many ways through which G-d could have saved Noah,...

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston In the beginning, God made the Heaven and the Earth. (Bereishis 1:1) The words are so incredibly simple, and yet, of course,...