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: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin End of life plans. Wills, last requests. Not things that are pleasant to think about. Decisions we tend to delay and...

By: Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky The Special Level of Yaakov, Our Patriarch The Midrash Tanchuma states, “Reb Shimon Bar Yochai said, “Hashem said to the Klal Yisroel...

Parshas Vayigash – We Can’t Forget By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This Shabbos, Parshas Vayigash, we read of the emotional moment when Yosef revealed his true identity...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Twenty-two years passed since Yosef had last seen his family. Hard years. Years of slavery. Years of imprisonment. Yosef is now...

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...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin I was Chanukah gift shopping for my grandchildren. A friend approached me, and asked if I was experiencing what she was going...

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: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin On recent trips to Eretz Yisroel, I noticed a change in the simple greeting of boker tov, good morning. Instead of...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb It was in the second or third grade that I began to study Chumash. I remember beginning at the beginning,...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Time to go home. After twenty long years in the house of Lavan, Yaakov was finally able to return home. While...

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: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha opens with Yaakov escaping the wrath of his brother Eisav. “Vayeitzei Yaakov m’Beer Sheva, And Yaakov left Beer...

By: Rabbi Label Lam And he arrived at the place and lodged there because the sun had set, and he took some of the stones...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Ever come home totally famished and grab some junk food – knowing full well, you will be sorry later? What about...

By: Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky The Preservation of Free Choice We read at the beginning of the parsha, “And these are the offspring of Yitzchak son of...