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Parshas Bereishis
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Drasha by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
- Spreading the Fate (5785)
- Eve of Life (5784)
- Goal Tending (5783)
- Opposites Attract (5781)
- Where Are You? (5779)
- Dealing with the Enemy (5759)
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Label Lam
- A Heart that Wants HASHEM (5784)
- The Spiritual Universe to Come (5783)
- Can You Have a Bigger Sign Than That!? (5782)
- Really SOMETHING (5781)
- In the Garden Where We Live (5779)
- How Very Good It Is (5777)
- The Illusion of Nothingness (5773)
- The Easy Way Out! (5770)
- Meaning and Purpose: A Good Beginning (5769)
- This Time (5767)
- A Superior Primary Education (5764)
- The Oldest Lesson in History (5763)
- Either You’re With Us, Or… (5762)
- A Final Solution (5760)
- Bereishis Tidbits (5759)
Edutainment Weekly by Jon Erlbaum
Haftorah Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Kol HaKollel by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
- Reality Check (5784)
- Cherish the Memories (5783)
- Where are You? (5780)
- It’s Never Too Late (5779)
- The Buck Stops Here (5765)
Legacy by Rabbi Naftali Reich
- Concentric Circles: Contrasting Worlds (5785)
- Let Us Make Man (5784)
- A Springtime of the Spirit (5783)
- Reflections, Dissections and Connections (5781)
Lifeline by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
- The Brotherhood and Depravity of Man (5784)
- Conversation Starter (5783)
- Back to the Beginning (5780)
- Be Creative (5779)
- In the Bias of the Beholder (5764)
- The Origin of Life (5763)
- More than One G-d? (5761)
- In the Image of G-d (5760)
- Evil Without (5759)
- Proof that G-d Exists (5757)
- The Children of Parents (5756)
- To Rise or to Fall (5755)
Parsha Halacha for the Shabbos Table by Joshua Kruger
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Rabbi Wein by Rabbi Berel Wein
- The Conscience of Eden (5783)
- Will Not Retreat (5783)
- The Road to Paradise (5782)
- Make a Lasting Impact! (5781)
- An Imperfect World (5780)
- How to View a Natural Wonder (5780)
- It’s All Good (5780)
- Bringing Creation Down to Earth (5779)
- The Garden of Eden (5775)
- The Nature of Human Behavior (5773)
- All Beginnings Are Hard (5770)
- Beginnings (5768)
- A Meaningful Life (5767)
- One Man (5766)
- Genesis and Life (5765)
- The Book of Mankind (5762)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Table Talk by Rabbi Raymond Beyda
Intermediate Level
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
- Then and Now (5785)
- Everything in Its Time (5784)
- Longing for Shabbat (5783)
- Keep the Light On! (5782)
- The Kindness in Creation (5781)
- What a Wonderful World! (5780)
- As Fleeting As . . . (5779)
- Excuse Me! (5778)
- Every Word a Mitzvah (5777)
- Deja Vu All Over Again . . . Then Shabbat (5775)
- Which Came First? (5774)
- What Ends Must Have Begun! (5773)
- Chochmah, Tevunah, and Daat (5769)
- No Doubt (5767)
- The Uniqueness of Man (5766)
- Understanding Creation (5765)
- Why Tell Stories? (5764)
- In The Beginning (5763)
- Straightforward and Upright (5762)
- The Small Bang (5761)
- Living Forever (5760)
- Strong Belief (5759)
- Be Creative! (5757)
- Do Torah! (5756)
- Know that you Know Nothing (5755)
Olas Shabbos by Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann
- Shabbos Bereishis — Bridge (5767)
- Dog-matic Murder (5764)
- Forbidden Fruit – The Good and the Bad (5763)
- Nobody Ever Promised We’d Understand (5762)
- Picking Up the Pieces (5761)
- Getting to Know the Yetzer Hara (5759)
Parsha Insights by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
- Starting Over (5784)
- It Was a Misunderstanding… (5783)
- Knowing This World and Using it Well (5781)
- From Dust To G-dliness (5780)
Perceptions by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
- Moshe Rabbeinu Forever (5785)
- Breakdown (5784)
- Here We Go Again—Differently (5783)
- The Great Opportunity (5782)
- A New Beginning (5781)
- Vanity of Vanities (5779)
- Fixerupper (5778)
- New Test, Same Struggle (5777)
- Challal: On Many Levels (5775)
- The Choas of Creation (5774)
- Creation: A Veil for the Reality of God (5773)
- The Secrets of Creation (5770)
- One Word, One World (5767)
- A Deeper Look at Creation (5766)
- In Light of Creation (5765)
- The Condition of Creation (5763)
- Chaos From The Beginning (5762)
- And What a Beginning it Was! (5761)
- From the Beginning, Again (5760)
- Eating from the Tree; A Deeper Look (5759)
- A Beginning With No End (5758)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Rabbi's Notebook by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- It’s All About Redemption Part I (5766)
- The Anthropologicalization of Adam (5765)
- A Tree Grew in Manhattan (5764)
- The Purpose of Creation Part I (5763)
- Human Separation and Value (5762)
- Two Halves of a Whole (5761)
- The Dawn of a New Adventure (5760)
- A Walk in the Garden (5759)
Rav Frand by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
- The Clothes Make the Man After Man Makes Amends (5785)
- A Time for Anonymity and a Time for Revelation (5784)
- The Moon Provides an All-Star Example of Sincere Repentance (5783)
- The Sun Pioneers Gevurah – Self Control (5782)
- Midrashim Speak to Us in Code (5781)
- Lessons from the Moon’s Consolation Prize (5780)
- If He Couldn’t Eat from the Tree, Why Was It There? (5779)
- “If He Does Not Merit”, Then “Opposite Him” (5778)
- Blessings Require Prayer & Appreciation / Building A Bayis Ne’eman B’Yisrael (5777)
- A Tale Of Two Wives (5774)
- The Final Letters Spell ‘Emes’ (5773)
- Torah Must Begin With The Lesson of Yashrus (‘Straightness’) (5771)
- Rabbi Frand on Parshas Bereishis (5770)
- This Rashi Is Not For the United Nations – It is For Us (5769)
- Adam Regrets His Gift to Dovid (5768)
- “Special Mitzvos” Earn Divine Favor (5766)
- An Enlightening Insight Into The Meaning of Gadol and Katan (5765)
- The Heavenly Truth and the Earthly Truth (5764)
- Addressing the Jews (5763)
- The Delayed “Ki Tov” (5762)
- What are We, Dirt? (5760)
- Division is not Good (5759)
- Between Light and Darkness (5758)
- A Mate, not a Maid! (5756)