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When we read the end of Bereshit followed by the beginning of Noach, we notice that God gets upset twice, and twice makes a decree to destroy humanity, with the exception of Noach and his family. The ...

The images of young men starved and tortured in propaganda videos released by their evil Hamas captors seared the conscience of our people. As the cycle of Torah readings begins anew with Parshat ...

Rashi famously begins his commentary to Sefer Bereshit with the words of a midrash: Rabbi Yitzchak said, “The Torah should have begun with Kiddush Ha-Chodesh (Sanctification of the New Month), which ...

Hashem begins by asking Cain why he is angry and sad and continues with the following verse: (Genesis 4:7) הֲל֤וֹא אִם־תֵּיטִיב֙ שְׂאֵ֔ת וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תֵיטִ֔יב לַפֶּ֖תַח חַטָּ֣את רֹבֵ֑ץ ...

We start again this Shabbat at the beginning with Bereshit. The universe is created out of nothingness by God. “The earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind ...

Doesn’t a religious life, despite the effort and sacrifices required by the mitzvot, at least guarantee us peace of mind? Among the many foundational themes in the opening parsha of the Torah, ...

My family recently moved into a smaller house. A lot of work went into trying to reduce the chaos of the big day, but it was, after all,a move. Unpacking took much longer, as we determined what would ...

And so we take in again from the top: “In the beginning….” Bear this in mind: Jewish time is not linear – not in the sad, fatalistic sense of the word. Nor is it circular, coming back around upon ...