October 20, 2026 | 9 Cheshvan, 5787 | Torah Portion: Lech Lecha, Torah Reading Info | Haftorah: Haftorah Info
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No Pain, No Gain
This weeks parsha, Lech Lecha, deals with the 'nisyonos', the tests of Avrohom Avinu. The first test was alluded to at the end of Noach, last ...read more
Redefining Pleasure
"And I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing" (12:2)
The Mishna in Pirkei ...read more
Cloudy Vision
People who have experienced a miraculous rescue will usually tell you that their lives are forever changed. Mundane matters that had once loomed ...read more
Hashem’s Hidden Agenda
LECH LECHA
Yeshaya 40:27–41:16
Hashem’s Hidden Agenda
We live in a world where Hashem’s goodness is generally hidden. Statistics attest to ...read more
Wake-Up Call
Hashem has different ways in which He reveals Himself to mortal men. The Torah tells us that Moshe was special. Moshe's revelation was termed ...read more
Do I Have to Ask Permission?
The Story:
“Hello everyone. I’m home.” said Mr. Steiner as he entered the house, dripping raindrops on the floor.
“Daddy, we were worried ...read more
A Name of One’s Own
GOD TOLD AVRAM, “Leave…and I will make your name great…” (Bereishis 12:1–2). Wait, wasn’t having a name the problem with the people who built ...read more
Sweat the Small Stuff
The Torah says that before the Flood, “the earth was corrupt before G-d, and the earth was filled with chamas” [Genesis 6:11]. Rashi, the ...read more
Finding the Rainbow in Every Person
This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on Parshas Noach: #1485 - I Just Saw ...read more
Approximate Their Accomplishments
And Sarai was barren; she had no child. (Breishis 11:30)
I graduated from college more than 46 years ago, and I was working on my first real ...read more
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Having The Money For A Lawyer
QUESTION 24: HAVING THE MONEY FOR A LAWYER
When a person goes to a lawyer, often the lawyer asks for some money down, and expects to be paid ...read more
The Meaning is Clear
At first Elokim (The Almighty) created the heavens and the earth. (Bereshith 1:1)
God's name "Elokim" appears in the plural grammatical form, ...read more
Out of Order
Getting out of bed in the morning is generally a two-step process. After we wake up, we stretch out on the bed in order to break the bonds of ...read more
Body & Beauty In Our Physical World: A Jewish Perspective Part I
The following three-part class examines the Jewish view of beauty and, more specifically, the relationship between the physical body, the world ...read more
Buying Software & Reminding Biller
QUESTION 22: HONESTY WHILE BUYING SOFTWARE ON WEB
A software company has a web site where one can buy their software. One button says 'click ...read more
For The Sake Of Peace III
Yosef's brothers began to realize [the implications] of their father's death. "What if Yosef is still holding a grudge against us?" they said. ...read more
Not To Be
Almost all of the morning blessings are in the positive, except for three: "who did not create me as a member the other nations of the world" ...read more
The Story of Chana: Prayer with a Purpose
Chana's is the story of one woman's prayer. That a woman should be recognized as a role model for prayer is interesting given that, in terms of ...read more
Chillul Hashem and Red Light on a Deserted Street
QUESTION 20: HOW DOES ONE FACTOR IN THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILLUL HASHEM (PROFANING HASHEM'S NAME) WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE ONE SHOULD BE ...read more
For the Sake of Peace II
God said to Avraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I indeed have a child when I am so old?'" (Bereshith 18:13)
As pointed out in the ...read more
