Parshat Mikeitz – Making the Most of Our Opportunities

In Parshas Eikev, Moses continues to encourage the Children of Israel to trust in G-d and in the prosperity and health which will follow if they keep the Torah. If they are careful to observe even those ‘minor’ mitzvos that are usually ‘trampled’ underfoot, he promises that they will be the most blessed of the…

Devarim — Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:11 This week Parshas Devarim begins the fifth and final book of the Torah, Deuteronomy. This book is also called Mishna Torah, “Repetition of the Torah” – thus the Greek title ‘Deuteronomy.’ Its contents were spoken by Moses to the Jewish people during the final five weeks of his life…

Parshas Lech Lecha (and Vayeira and part of Chaya Sarah) is not JUST an inside look atAvraham Avinu’s diary. We are not supposed to read what happened in his life, and that’sit. There is an interesting 14-year gap in Avraham’s life recorded in next week’s sedra. TheTorah tells us that Avraham was 86 years old…

Behar focuses primarily on mitzvos concerning the land of Israel, beginning with the command to observe a Sabbatical (Shemitta) year.

Parshas Metzora discusses the purification process for the metzora. A metzora was a person inflicted with tzara’as – a skin or hair abnormality caused by certain spiritual illnesses. After the Kohen declares him to be pure, the metzora completes a ritual procedure using two birds, spring water in an earthen vessel, cedar wood, a scarlet…