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

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

Hybrid Halacha

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

Cain and Abel - No Room for Civil War

The God of Creation and the Land of Israel

From the End to the Beginning

Parashat Hashavua: Why Specifically in Eretz Yisrael?

The desired Garden of Eden is here in Yerushalayim..

The Courage to Live with Uncertainty

"The End Is Rooted in Its Beginning"

The eternal connection between the Torah's final and first verses – in praise of Israel.

Paradise Lost

Originally there was a choice of whether to live in paradise in the Garden of Eden, or to attempt to reach for hoped-for human greatness and accomplishment through knowledge, intellect, and the human spirit.

Journeys

Adam & Chava begin their lives in the most pristine & perfect environment imaginable – so elevated were they in that Paradise that they actually glowed with the light from Above. But then, in a flash, it all came crashing down.

The Genesis of Justice

There are words that change the world, none more so than two sentences that appear in the first chapter of the Torah

Clothes Like a Lantern

From Siach Shaul, p. 8

From Siach Shaul, p. 8

Are We Grade-A(lef) Material?

Carding, Combing and Disentangling

Bereshith

Taking Responsibility

Connecting Creation With Sovereignty

Beyond the 4 Amot

Rashi explains the creation story is our answer to allegations leveled against us that we stole the land of Israel from the nations. How does that work?

G-d’s Reign & Man’s Rain