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articles on Bereshit

The Genesis of Love

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Bereshit".

For the Sake of the Beginning

A shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Bereshit"

Torah and Science

How to understand the story of creation? Does it contradict today's scientific theories?

Taking Responsibility

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly Torah reading of "Bereshit".

Parashat Hashavua: Is “Not Good” the Same as Bad?

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tishrei 5786

Ask the rabbi: does creation in the torah correspond to the "Big-bang" theory?

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 6 Shvat 5784

Hybrid Halacha

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 6 Shvat 5784

The Strength of His Actions He Told to His Nation

Harav Shaul Yisraeli – from Siach Shaul, pp. 6-8

Harav Shaul Yisraeli – from Siach Shaul, pp. 6-8

Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | 6 Shvat 5784

Cain and Abel - No Room for Civil War

Rabbi David Sabato | 29 Tishrei 5784

The God of Creation and the Land of Israel

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 13 Tishrei 5784

From the End to the Beginning

Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | Cheshvan 5 5783

Parashat Hashavua: Why Specifically in Eretz Yisrael?

The desired Garden of Eden is here in Yerushalayim..

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tishrei 29 5783

Understanding the Shalom Zachor

Rabbi Avraham Rosenthal | Cheshvan 12 5780

When Does a Negative Practice Become Binding?

If one decided to accept a stringency and is refraining from doing something, without a verbal acceptance of a neder (oath), at what point is it considered binding? While for something active, three performances make it binding, how does refraining from action work to accomplish it?

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar II 13 5779

Melacha for the Mishkan on Shabbat?

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Adar 27 5777

Daf Yomi- Nedarim43

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Tamuz19 5775

Days on Which Tachanun Is Not Recited

Chapter Twenty One-Part Three

Chapter Twenty One-Part Three

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

Confusing Roles

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5774

Making Up a Tefilla With No Net Gain

Rabbi Daniel Mann | 5774

Daf Yomi - Yoma 26

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Tevet 1 5774

Adjusting to the Students’ Training

Various Rabbis | 5772

The Blessing for Rain for those travelling to the Land of Israel

Praying for a Rainy Day When Traveling to or from Eretz Yisroel in November

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

R' Moshe Leib's Merchandise

A merchant goes to the market to do business. Man comes into the world in order to observe the Torah and its commandments. What can we say about a person who reaches a certain location with a said purpose, yet abandons that goal for something else?

Rabbi Aryeh Hendler | 5766

Parshat Emor

What's in a Word?

1. Pure Words 2. Short But Sweet 3. Caution: Words Ahead 4. An Anecdote 5. King Finds Middle Ground

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Iyar 5761