Category: Torah Portions
BEING CERTAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE
In his memoirs, the controversial Danish politician Karl Kristian Steincke (1880-1963) presented a collection of... Read More
LESSONS FROM A BIBLICAL SHOWDOWN (1)
In Parshat Vayishlach (Gen. 32), Jacob confronts his brother Esau for the first time in... Read More
ASSESSING SOMEONE’S IMPACT
Last Sunday evening I received a phone call from a friend to ask whether I... Read More
FUSION OF THE SPIRITUAL AND THE MATERIAL
Photo: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), rabbi of the strictly orthodox community in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany... Read More
GOD’S MOMENTOUS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM (4)
Chapter 15 of Bereishit records the seminal covenant between God and the patriarch Abraham, when... Read More
ATHEISM IS NOT A MARK OF INTELLIGENCE
Atheism has featured prominently in the news over the past week, and for all the... Read More
A TRUE MAN OF FAITH
One of the key teachings of the book of Genesis is that each of the... Read More
FOR THE SUCCESS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
One of the riskiest endeavors in the business world is the area known as “mergers... Read More