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This week’s parsha, Chayei Sarah, translates as “The Life of Sarah.” But rather than discussing her life, interestingly, most of the parsha describes our matriarch’s death and burial, and her son Isaac’s search for a partner.
This story is one of the most romantic and courageous i…
Parashat Vayera
Eavesdropping, while not my finest quality, is something I am embarrassingly good at.
About three years ago, in a crowded and noisy New York City restaurant, when I overheard the family at the neighboring table order a kosher steak – in a non-kosher restaurant – I fel…
This week’s parsha, Parashat Noach, tells the story that has become known as Noah’s Ark. In short, Noah builds an ark to protect himself, his family and two of each animal from an impending flood, which G-d warns him is coming due to all of the corruption in the world.
After many, man…