A Life Lesson from Our Father Yaakov In the beginning of this week’s Torah reading, Parshas Vayishlach, Jacob returns to his homeland where his brother Esau is preparing to attack […]
A Deeper Understanding of the Holiday of Lights Happy Chanukah, Happy Hanukah, and חג אורים שמח are some of the different greetings we wish each other on Chanukah. What is […]
Significance of Chanukah: The Strong in the Hands of the Weak “The strong in the hands of the weak!” You may recognize those words from the Al Hanisim prayer, where […]
In this week’s Torah reading, Parshas Toldos, the Torah tells us (27:1) that our patriarch Isaac became blind. How did this come about? The Medrash (Bereishis Rabboh 65:9) shares with […]
Alex Clare is a talented musician. His song “Too Close” was number four on UK Singles Chart 2014 and number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was […]
Torah Study Partners: Of Haircuts and Heroism Michael Chimounov’s family had been keeping Shabbat for two years already. Emphasis on the family part, because while his wife brought out the […]
A video clip has recently gone viral, in which a reporter interviewed the Ben and Jerry of “Ben and Jerry’s” ice cream. In the video, Axios’ Alexi McCammond discusses Ben […]
The Ask the Rabbi tradition began many years ago, at Oorah’s very first Shabbaton. It wasn’t intended to become a mainstay, but that initial session was such a success that […]
Parshas Vayera In the beginning of this week’s Torah reading, Parshas Vayera, God came to visit Abraham. In the middle of Abraham’s audience, he spotted three travelers from afar and […]
In this week’s Torah reading, Parshas Lech Lecha, God told Abraham (15:1) “Do not fear, I am your Shield, you have a lot of reward.” Rashi explains that Abraham was […]
