66 Lessons
“Then We Will Sing…”
Who among us is not thrilled with the magnificent events of Parshat B’Shalach?! But hidden in the text virtually all of Jewish history is encapsulated.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Shvat 10 5782
Is Gene Editing Playing God?
The current Covid pandemic has a silver lining: It has accelerated research into Gene Editing techniques that promise to put an end to many lethal hereditary diseases. But should Man interfere in the work of God?
Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Shvat 18 5782
Shining Miracles
When there is a multiplicity of miracles occurring all at the same time, like the candle lit in a room with floodlights, its brightness is hardly noticeable. The individual miracle has lost its power of influence and is already discounted by human beings.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Shvat 18 5782
The Face of Evil
The Amalekites attacked Israel during the lifetime of Moses just once. The Egyptians oppressed the Israelites over an extended period, starting a slow genocide by killing every male Israelite child. The whole thrust of the narrative would suggest that if any nation would become the symbol of evil, it would be Egypt. But the opposite turns out to be true.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Shvat 18 5782
Believing & Planting: Beshalach, Emuna, & Tu B'Shvat
The Torah portion of this week, Beshalach, can be called the Portion of Faith. It is filled with tests and trials that the Children of Israel must undergo on their way out of Egypt, and each one increases and strengthens its faith – emuna - in G-d in a different way. Let us list them and possibly see how they each teach a different lesson in faith:
Rabbi Hillel Mertzbach | Shvat 12 5782
A Mysterious Story of Manna in Our Generation
In honor of both this week's Torah portion recounting the falling of the Manna from Heaven, and Tu B'Shvat
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Shvat 12 5782
The Holiest Most Heavenly Food On Earth
Israel National Torah
Looking at the holiest, most heavenly food that the Israelites ate while in the wilderness. Why did they not receive this special food after they entered the Land of Israel?
Baruch Gordon
Freedom From the Exile
we read in the Torah the final chapter of the liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage and slavery. Yet, the Torah goes to great lengths to point out to us that freedom as a concept cannot exist in a vacuum.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Shvat 16 5781
Looking Up
The contrast between before and after the Red Sea could not be more complete. Facing the approaching Egyptians, do nothing. In the case of the Amalekites, however, go fight.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Shvat 13 5781
The Right Thing, for the Right Reason
Just when they thought it was safe to leave Egypt, they would again face an existentialist danger at the banks of the Reed Sea. Why did Paro change his mind once again?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Shvat 13 5781
Burning Bridges
The sedra of Beshalach teaches us how one should Deal with the difficulties in our life.
Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair
Passing through the Waters … of the Jordan
The splitting of the Yam Suf, retold in our parasha, was one of the most important events in the story of our Exodus from Egypt. Did David also split the Jordan river?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shvat 12 5781
Carrying Nitroglycerin on Shabbos
Is there a way whereby a person suffering from angina or other heart disease may carry his medication on Shabbos through a public thoroughfare?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Shvat 11 5781
Facing the Truth
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Shvat 14 5780
No (or Yes) Bones About It
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
The Holiest Most Heavenly Food on Earth
Beyond the 4 Amot
In this week's Parasha the Manna falls down from heaven. this continued until they reached the border of the land of Israel. Why does the holy food stop when we enter the holy land?
Baruch Gordon | Shvat 12 5780
The Source of All Troubles
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Shvat 11 5780
Feeding the Birds
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Shvat 8 5780
On Nationalism and Sanctity– part II
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shvat 8 5780