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 ...

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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 ...

We must take pride in these values that the Torah bequeaths to us and continue to pray for good tidings, salvation, and comfort. “A time of trouble for Jacob, but from it, he shall be saved” (Jeremiah ...

“Now the Lord God took the man, and He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it” Genesis 2:15 A torah (Hebrew scripture) reading. The "yod" - a hand-shaped silver pointer - is used ...

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 ...

In this week’s Torah portion, within the majesty and mystery of creation, the woman emerges in three successive stages. The next verse, “Thereafter shall a man leave his father and his mother, and ...

As the cycle of Torah readings begins anew with Parshat Bereshit, we encounter once more the drama of Creation: light breaking forth from darkness, order emerging from chaos and the Divine word giving ...