The Power of Seven Shalom, This Shabbat we will read the fourth Torah Portion in the book of Genesis – VaYera – וירא (from the root RA’A – to see: showed himself, became seen). The Torah tells us about Hagar running away from Sarah with her son Ishmael. […]
Changing Destiny? Shalom, This Shabbat we will read Torah Portion לך לך – LEKH LEKHA in the Book of Genesis. In this post we wanted to address the changes in the names of Avram and Sarai, mentioned in this Torah Portion. Names are considered very […]
The Second Beginning Shalom, This Shabbat we will read the second Torah Portion in the Book of Genesis – Noah. Noah represents the “Second Beginning” of the creation, which occurred after the end of the Flood, when Noah and other seven people […]
A Great Beginning Shalom, This Shabbat we will be reading the first Torah Portion בראשית “Be’reshit” – In The Beginning from the book of Genesis. It contains (as well as many other Torah portions) words and expressions which are also used in Modern Hebrew, sometimes […]
The Power of Forgiveness Shalom, This year, Yom Kippur – The Day of Atonement occurs next week Tuesday night, and we wanted to share with you a Kabbalistic story related to it. Rabbi Abba once sat at the gateway of […]
The Transformation Shalom, This coming Sunday night we will be celebrating the 5,780th New Hebrew Year – Rosh Hashana ה’תש”ף ראש השנה Rosh Hashana falls on the first day of the month of Tishrei. Rosh Hashanah (Lit. Head of the Year) is considered to be The […]
A Lesson About Patience Shalom, This Shabbat we will read the Torah Portion “Ki Tavo” in the book of “D’Varim”. “Woe to the pampered one […]
Separation vs. Unity Shalom, In this week’s Torah portion ‘Ki Tetzeh’, the following verse refers to the process of a divorce: …וְכָתַב לָהּ סֵפֶר כְּרִיתֻת וְנָתַן בְּיָדָהּ, וְשִׁלְּחָהּ מִבֵּיתוֹ…. …that he writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his […]
Hiding and Revealing […]
Luck, Destiny, or What? […]