Category: Torah Portions
THE STRANGE EPISODE OF LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS
The story of Lot and his daughters (Gen. 19) is one of the most confounding... Read More
LEARNING TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF GOD
In the summer of 1725, a group of hunters near Hamelin, Lower Saxony, spotted a... Read More
THE JOURNEY WITH TWO BEGINNINGS
Lech Lecha begins with God’s instruction to Abraham to depart from his homeland, birthplace and... Read More
THESE RELIGIOUS FANATICS ARE LIKE NOAH, NOT ABRAHAM
A couple of weeks ago, several hundred ultra-orthodox anti-Zionists demonstrated outside the United Nations during... Read More
THE MYSTERY OF CANAAN’S CURSE
After Noah and his sons depart the Ark following the Great Flood, he plants a... Read More
THE DANGERS OF EXAGGERATED CAUTION
I don’t expect that you have heard of Dr. Ian Walker, a professor at Bath... Read More
ARI FULD’S MESSAGE IS SET TO LAST
In March 2015, I received an email from Ari Fuld. A mutual friend had suggested... Read More
A MESSAGE OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
The late Stanley Abramovitch, who passed away without much fanfare a little over five years... Read More