The Torah tells us (Beraishis 17:1-2): “When Avram was ninety-nine years, Hashem appeared to Avram and said to him, ‘I am El Shaddai;...

At the beginning of Parshas Noach, G-d resolves to destroy the world because of the sins of the generation of the flood. What was the...

When Adam sins by eating from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Hashem does not immediately punish him. Instead, He asks Adam, “Where are you?” (Beraishis 3:9). Similarly, when Cain murders Abel his brother, Hashem asks him: “Where is Abel your brother?” (4:9). Since Hashem is omniscient, Hashem knew where Adam and Abel were. So why did Hashem ask them a question when He already knew the answer? Furthermore, Hashem had already warned Adam about the conseq

This Shabbos we will read Sefer Koheles, which says (11:1) “Send forth your bread upon the surface of the water, for after many days you...

In Sefer Yonah (which we read on Mincha on Yom Kippur), Yonah is swallowed by a big fish. The Nach tells us that “Yonah was in the belly...

Rosh Hashanah is of course a very solemn day, as the Mishnah tells us. Each individual human being passes before Hashem like sheep in a...

The Torah tells us (Devarim 30:19): “I call heaven and earth today to bear witness against you: I have placed life and death before you,...

Before the Torah starts the Tochecha , the listing of curses that will befall the Jewish people if they do not listen to the word of...

The Torah tells us (Vayikra 23:22-24) “If you make a vow to Hashem, your G-d, do not delay in discharging it; for Hashem, your G-d, will...

The Torah opens this week with laws regarding judges. The Torah mandates that the judges “shall judge the people with righteous...