In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Shemot, the Jewish people multiply in Egypt. Pharaoh is afraid of the growing numbers so he enslaves the Jewish people, forcing them to build […]
Weekly Torah Portion
Insight and themes on the weekly Torah portion (parshah) read aloud in synagogue.
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshas Vayeishev, Yaakov settles in Hevron with his family and twelve sons, who tend to his many flocks of sheep. He clearly favors Yosef, the […]
Inspiration for Parshat Vayeitzei with TorahMates coordinator Rabbi Marmorstein.
Rabbi Mordechai Horovitz of TorahMates on Parshas Toldos
The bulk of Parshas Chayei Sarah deals with the famous story of Eliezer’s mission to find a wife for Isaac. The Torah tells us that Abraham sent his trusted servant, […]
In this week’s Torah Portion, Parshas Chayei Sarah, Sarah dies at the age of 127. Avraham mourns for her and immediately purchases land from Ephron HaChiti for 400 silver coins. […]
the definition of true greatness, a lesson from Parshat Vayeira, with TorahMates coordinator Rabbi Shimon Beer
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Lech Lecha, Gd commands Avram to leave his homeland, the land of his fathers, to go to a land that Gd will show him, […]
The people in the times of Noach were guilty of many severe sins. However, the sin that clinched their destruction was the sin of robbery. What was the most popular […]
This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Noach, tells the famous tale of Noah’s Ark and the flood. When the world became so corrupt that Gd determined it would need to be […]
