After Esav realizes that he has been bested by his little brother, that Yaakov has stolen his bracha, he turns to his father, desperately requesting his own: וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶל־אָבִיו הַבְרָכָה אַחַת הִוא־לְךָ אָבִי בָּרְכֵנִי גַם־אָנִי אָבִי וַיִּשָּׂא עֵשָׂו קֹלוֹ וַיֵּבְךְּ: And Esav said to his father — “Do you only have one bracha, my […]

As the Torah prepares to tell us the story of how Avraham will command his servant, Eliezer, to find a wife for Yitzchak, it introduces it with the following phrase: וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וַיְקֹוָק בֵּרַךְ אֶת אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּל: (פרק כד פסוק א) Let’s try to translate this phrase: Avraham was old, and he had […]

Today, we start again. After a remarkable year and the Yamim Noraim, Sukkos, Shemini Atzeres all behind us, we are right away invited to begin the Torah anew. And as we take a look at the real beginning, Creation, we find an interesting difference between the first 5 days of creation, and Day #6. After […]

I know we are all feeling so many mixed emotions right now. Yesterday, we watched videos of families reuniting with their loved ones. The screams of joy, of Shema Yisrael. We have met some of these families, we have davened for them for years, and then to see them hugging each other, brought us tears […]