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Bereishis
Genesis

Shmos
Exodus
Vayikra
Leviticus
Bamidbar
Numbers
Devarim
Deuteronomy

 

Bereishis
God's First Words
Significance of Eve's sons' names
Partners with God in Creation
Purpose of Creation
The meaning of Cain's and Abels' names
Adam vs Kayin: Blame
Were there 2 Adams?
Emotion or Reason?
With an Open, Probing Mind
Israel & the Jew
The Creation Narrative: Fact or Fantasy?
Man’s (Futile) Search for Happiness
Repeating our Torah study cycle with originality
The Snake had a Rider that Caused Eve's Sin
Creating man "in God's image"
The Serpent, Eve and Satan
Naked in Paradise
God's "Voice" in the Garden?
Have we found the Garden of Eden?
Multiverse-Conclusion
Letters Oct 2012
 Genesis
 Beresheit 2009
The Sabbath: Maimonides
Creation, Sabbath and Death for Violators
Eve's Punishments
Bereshit 5769
Bereishis Drasha
Genesis is Mercy
Beresheit
Adam's Longevity and the Purpose of Learning
Adam's Sin
Two creations of man
The Snake's Head
The Snake II
Can Trees "Disobey" God?
Genesis: Creation, God' Hovering, & The Cherubim

 

 

Shemos
The Purpose of Moses' Staff
Pharaoh's Lying Astrologers
Pharaoh's Lying Astrologers II
Moshe's leadership style
Purpose of Despoiling Egypt
Pharaoh's Astrologers: Liars
Perhaps why Moses lied
Pharaoh's Dreams
Shemot
Those who fear God resist evil
Moses: a Divine phenomenon
Pharaoh's Astrologers II
Shemot
Parsha: Shemot
Shemot
Shemot
Moses and the Serpent
Moses' Three Signs
Shemos
Deserving Bondage
Hebrew Midwives
Inaccuracy of Pharaoh's astrologers
Parshas Shemos

 

Vayikra
Why Vayikra combines sacrifices and moral perfection
Why Sacrifice Makes Sense
Prayer
Encounter with the Creator
Sacrifice and the Instincts
Vayikra 5771
Sacrifice Unto God
Not for His sake
Vayikra: 613 Mitzvos
VaYikra: The 2nd Pillar of Creation
VaYikra: Sacrifice
Prayer and Sacrifice
Vayikra
Temple and Altar
Vayikra
Sacrifice
Parshas Vayikra 5762
Parshas Vayikra 5763

 

Bamidbar
Jewish Unity
The Greater Teacher
Intro to Bamidbar: Failure and Hope
Dont Count the Levites
Restraint & Wisdom
Bemidbar: The Census
Bemidbar: The Census
Bemidbar
Bemidbar
The Vessel's Coverings
Referencing God
Bemidbar

 

Devarim
Devarim: Torah and its Mitzvot
Moses' Legacy
A Heart Hardened Against Repentance
Moshe's Last Words
Moshe's Final Message
We're Still Here
Devarim
Devarim
Devarim
Parashas Devarim

Noach
Why Destroy Creation?
Babel's Tower of Fame
The Tzadik's True Value
Noach: Lone Survivor
1 Righteous Man
Avoiding Doomsday
One Righteous Man
Parshat Noach: The Conflict between Religious Consistency and Conformity
Noach Found Favor
Letters Oct 2012-2
Noach
Sexual Revolution
Noach
Noach
Noach saved the World
Noach
Noach
Noach and the Animals
Noach: His Perfection / The Raven
Noah and the Permission to Eat Meat
Cham's Sons
The Ark - Two Missions
Noach
Noah
The Rainbow
Noah & the Raven
Tower of Babel
Noach - The Dispersion
Noach

Vaera
When light is dim
The Setback
Clues unveil deeper purpose of the Plagues
Pharaoh's Astrology: Did it Work?
God's Providence and Commands
Hail
The Enemy Within
Vaeyrah
Let My People Go!
Boils: Lesson in Leadership and Study
The Plague of Hail Part II: Psychological Warfare
Parsha: Vaeyrah
VaEyrah
Parshas Va-eyrah
Plague of Hail
Pharaoh's Failed Escapism
ParashasVaEyrah
Parshas VaEra 5762
Parshas VaEra 5763
The Ten Plagues
Using Our Minds
The Plague of Hail
Ibn Ezra - The Ten Plagues

Tzav
Actualize your Nature
Tzav 5769
Parshas Tzav 5768
Parshas Tzav 5761
Parshas Tzav 5762
Parshas Tzav 5763
Naso
If I Am Not For Myself
Inauguration of Mishkan
Self-Denial
Turning Weakness into Strength
Naso
Naso
Naso
Priestly Blessings
Tabernacle's Inauguration
Parashas Naso

VauEschanan
Imitating God
Altering Torah is like Idolatry
Pondering the Imponderable
Moses: Barred from Israel
The Only Religion for Mankind
Held to a Higher Standard
VaEtchanan
Ramban on Sinai
A Perfect Law
"Shown to Know"
VaEtchanan
Idolatrous Fanaticism
VaEtchanan: Honoring Parents
VauEtchanan: The Meaning of One
VaEtchanan 5763
Vaueschanan
Vaueschanan-R. Fox

Lech Licha
Intrinsic Worthiness
Abraham's 3 Perfections
Abraham's Trials-Famine
Abraham's Political Savvy
Possessed by Love
Abraham's Journey
The Champion of Hishtadlut
The Righteous Warrior
Abraham's Search for God
We Know More Than We Realize
Greatest Revolutionary
Lech Lecha - RabbiFox 5775
Abram's Journey to the Unknown
Abraham's Religion

Lech Lecha
Lech Lecha 5769
Abraham's Perfection
Lech Lecha
Lech Lecha 5767
Lech Lecha
Lech Lecha
God's Providence: 2 Arenas
Sanctification of God's Name and Abraham's Identity
Lech Lecha
Abraham's Intelligence
Lech Licha - Avraham's Perfection
Parshat Lech Lecha
Lech Licha

Bo
Soul Searching
Gods 3 Signs
Armed and Ready
Plague of Darkness
From Hatred to Admiration
Plague 11
2 Plagues: 1 Purpose
Why Pharaoh got angry
A Hardened Heart
Bo
Two Matzahs: Two Ideas
Pharoah: A point of No Return
Moses' Staff
Bo
Tefillin, Miracles and the Meaning of Life
The Wisdom of the Plagues
The Plagues: New insights
Parshas Bo
Parsha: Bo
Animal Behavior: Why God Brought the Plague of Wild Beasts
Parshas Bo: The First Month
Plague of the Firstborns
Parshas Bo
How God Teaches Man II
Killing Infants: G-d's Justice
Bo
Moses' Mission & Pharaoh's Free Will
Death of Firstborn
Pharaoh's Intimidation
Parshas Bo
Firstborns
The Ten Plagues

 

Shemini
Bible's Primary Message
Why do we keep kosher?
Man in Search of God
Lethal Worship of God
Higher Standard
Use Your Mind When Serving
Parshas Shemini

Behaalos'cha
Can we hasten Mashiach?
Moses' Humility
Disloyal Minorities
Torah's contempt for meat-craving
A simple thanks would be nice
Human Ingenuity: Why God wants to Amaze us
 
Jews by Choice
Gershwin and Mikdash: Music in Torah Life
Was Yitro Selfish?
The Rav on Behaalosecha
Suffering: Not a Mitzvah
Behalotecha
Method in study: "Let the words talk to you"
BeHalotecha
Behalotecha-Silver Trumpets
BeHalotecha
Beha'alotecha
40 Years and the Manna
Yisro
The Quail
Parashas Beha'alotekcha

Ekev
Jewish Superiority?
Chosen Doesn't Mean Superior
Circumcised Heart
Hamas and anti-Semitism: An Enduring Pathology
Never Forget Hashem: The Purpose of Blessings
The Mission of the Jewish People
Who has God Chosen?
Ekev
Parshas Ekev
40 Days: God vs Nature
Ekev
"Circumcise the Foreskins of Your Hearts"
Hypothetical Error: Parshas Ekev
Parshas Ekev
Parshas Ekev 5763
Parshas Ekev 5762

Vayereh
Why kill Isaac?
Lot and the Angels: How Indecision Corrupts Us
Miracles and Self-Reliance
God's Justice: Weights and Measures
Peace
Abraham and the Angels
Bikkur Cholim Saves Lives
VaYerah
Rush to Judgement
Tending to Man
Abraham's Perfections
Virtue of Vengeance
Trials of Avraham
Don't Look Back
Vayerah
Two Methods to Serve God
Vayerah
The Naming of Yitzchak
In His Image
Sparing the Wicked
Vayerah
Learning God's wisdom direct from the verses
VaYerah
VaYerah
Vayerah
Satan and Abraham II
Avimelech: Wrong Idea of God?
Vayerah-Sodom's Destruction
Abraham the "Ivri" and Defending Monotheism: Using the Torah's Clues
Vayerah-Visiting the Sick
Was Killing Isaac Justified?
VaYerah 5764
Vayerah
Sodom
Praying for Others
Was the Akeida brutality?
Akeidas Yitzchak Q&A's
Did Abraham Believe He Was to Sacrifice Isaac?
Angels Punished
Avraham Learning God's Justice
Sarah's Laughter
Parshat VaYerah
Satan and Abraham

 

Bishalach
Why the sea split
Did the split waters return twice?
Leaving Egypt
Beshalach: Overcoming Doubts
Saw You at Sinai
Beshalach: Perceptions of Reality
Love: Not all You Need
Teshuva
Splitting of the Reed Sea
Leadership of Moshe Rebbenu
Beshalach
Parshas Beshalach
Parshas Beshalach
Parshas Beshalach: "I am God your Healer"
"I am God your Healer" Part II: Lessons in Freedom
Parshas Beshalach
Universal Message
God's "Hand" in Egypt
Parshas Beshalach
Bishalach
Plagues: Natural Events?
Parshas Bishalach
The Splitting of the Red Sea

Tazria
Tazria: A Righteous Parent
Atonement for Mitzvah?
Death and Defilement
Tazria: Kosher
Maternal Instinct
Contamination
Tazria
Tazria: A Mother's Perfection
Tazria: Spiritual Uncleanliness
Tazria

Shelach
Tragedy in the Wilderness
A Lesson in Perception
Pessimistic Outlook
The Evil of Misrepresentation
The Spies' Conflicting Accounts
Faith in God
Moses the Psychologist
The Sin of the Spies
See for Yourself
Relying on God
Shelach
Shelach - Praying to the Dead
Shelach
Shelach - Rabbi Fox
Shelach - Rabbi Bernstein
Shelach
The Spies' Plague
Is G-d Vindictive
God's Warning
Parashas Shlach
The Spies
Ri'ei
Mitzvah: How and Why its Performed is Crucial
The False Prophet
Re'eh 5770
Re'eh: Test of Love
Re'eh
Parsha: Re'eh
Re'eh
Dead Men's Gods

Chayeh Sarah
Love of God
Goodly Old Age
Perfection vs. Torah
Eminent Domain
Love and Marriage: Which Comes First?
Chayei Sarah
Marriage Made in Heaven
A Sacred Mission
Choosing a Burial Plot
Chayey Sarah
Chayey Sara
Chayay Sarah
Chayay Sarah: Eulogy Before Tears
Chayay Sarah: Sarah's Death
Chayey Sara: Rebecca
Chaye Sara
Chayey Sara
Eliezer Testing Rebecca
Chayai Sara
Patriarchs vs Their Children

Yisro
Maimonides on the Two Tablets
Yisro's Goosebumps
Seize the Torah
Inner Adversaries: Gentile culture has poisoned Jewish thinking
Ten Commands: Rejoice in your Portion
Why Earth Exists
Commanded to Believe?
The Objectves of Shabbos
Yitro
Intermediaries
Conversion of Yitro
Thirst for Knowledge
Yitro
Yitro
Parshas Yitro
Parashas Yitro
Warnings at Sinai
Parshas Yitro
Parshas Yitro
Parshas Yitro
Yitro
Proving Sinai
The Tablets, the Torah and Mount Sinai
Ten Commandments
Yisro
Parshas Yitro

 

 Metzora
Metzorah: Rabbi Fox
Lashon Hara: In-Depth Analysis
Weaponizing Language
Slander: The Evil and the Harm
Organizational Theory
Metzorah: Rabbi Bernstein
Metzorah
Perfection via Leprosy
Metzora-Pesach

 Korach
Must leaders be popular?
Sin leads to sin
Hidden Blessing
Korach's Sin
Know Thyself: Korach's Failure to see his motives
Korachism
Replacing the Kohen
Attack from Within
Korach
Korach 5771
Ultimate Validation
Ego is Insatiable
Korach - Our Own Worst Enemy
Korach - Rabbi Bernard Fox
Korach - Rabbi Bernstein
Korach - Rabbi Bernard Fox
Parshas Korach
Korach
Aaron seizes Angel of Death

Shoftim
Murder: The true loss
Can Man Overcome Fear?
Who is Our King?
The Future: Does it Exist?
Above the Law
Shoftim 5773
Following God Perfectly
Shoftim: Egla Arufah
Shoftim: Pacifism
Shoftim 5769
Shoftim - Pursuit of Justice
Shoftim 5768
Failed Jewish Leadership
A Wise Statute of Limitations
Shoftim: Destroying Trees
Shoftim
Shoftim
Shoftim
Magicians vs Prophets
Following God Perfectly
Parashas Shoftim

Toldos
Toldot
Deception
2 Sons, 2 Directions
Isaac: An Unblemished Burnt Offering
Identity Theft
Do the righteous have it easy?
Parental Love
Political Acumen
What Blinds Us?
Abrahamic Religion
Toldot
Studying Divine Providence
Respect & Suspect
Abraham & Sodom
Parshas Toldot
Toldot 5768
Toldot
Parsha: Toldot
Toldot
Isaac's Wells: The Emergence of the Second Patriarch
Toldot
Telling the Truth
Personality of Esau
Isaac's Blessings
Toldot
Toldot II
Isaac - Oleh Temima
Are the Penitent Better?
Understanding Rashi

 

Mishpatim
God's use of metaphors
New Frumkeit
Cruelty towards the Defenseless
Proper Exercise of Power
Civility & Sanctifying God
A Super Miracle
Mishpatim
Parshas Mishpatim
Witches & Reality
Parshas Mishpatim: Stealing
Parshas Mishpatim: Oppression
Parshas Mishpatim: Using Our Resources, and Prayer
Judicious Juxtaposition: Why Certain Verses are Connected
Parshas Mishpatim
Absolute Truths
Mishpatim II
Mishpatim
Parshas Mishpatim
Acharei Mos
AchareyMot / Kedoshim
Religion of Life
AchareyMot / Kedoshim
Acharey Mot
The Scapegoat
Goat Demon and Blood Eating: Imagination is Worse than Idolatry
Achary Mot 5762
Achary Mot 5763
Molech Worship and Blood Eating

Chukas
The Power of Ashes
Moshe Hitting the Rock
The Red Heifer
Body and Soul
Judaism and Death
Second Guessing God
Red Heifer, Rabbi Feder
Red Heifer
Bible’s Insightful Psychology: Death & Immortality
In the Merit of the Righteous
Attaining Purity
Red Heifer and Olam Habah
Godless Human Nature
Chukat
Angel of Death II
Chukat - Rabbi Bernstein
Chukat - Rabbi Bernard Fox
Chukat
Proper Questioning
Red Heifer
Chukat/Balak

Ki Teitze
God's Kindness
Wounded Narcissism
Precaution: Fences
Come Fly with Me
Mitzvah: A Powerful Tool
Man's Failure: A Disgrace to God
KiTetze
Parapets & Crossbreeding
Friends
Cautious Soldiers
Ki Tetze - In harms way
Ki Tetze 5768
KiTetze 5766
Ki Tetze
Seeds of Rebellion / Longevity
Sending away the Mother Bird
Kitetze 5764: Rabbi Fox
Kitetze 5765: Rabbi Bernstein
Ki Tetze
Yifas Toar-Female Captive
Parashas KiTetze
Dishonest Weights

Vayetzei
Do Bible and science conflict? Jacob and altering genetics
When Torah and Halacha Collide
A Ladder to Heaven
"God's House and Heaven's Gate"
Why Yitzchak Loved Esav
Vayetzei 5775
Vayetze 5772
The BIG LIE of a
Palestinian People and the Significance of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount

Vayetze
Jacob's Ladder
The Counsel of Hashem Endures
Vayetze
Vayetze
Jacob and the Ladder
Vayetze
Yaakov's Anger
VaYetze
Jacob and the Speckled Flocks
Parashas Vayetze
Vayetzai
Rachel's Disgrace
When a tzaddik
should get angry

Teruma
A Place for Hashem
Jewish Unity
Drawing close to Hashem
The Menorah's Design
The Tabernacle's Coverings
Angels: Their meaning in our lives
The Tabernacle's Vessels: Menora's Amazing Design
Terumah
Serve Only Hashem
Material Wealth and True Blessings
Terumah
Parshas Terumah
Terumah: God is Not Here
Parshas Terumah: Temple & Vessels
Parshas Terumah: Testimony of Truth
Parshas Trumah: The Menora - A Lesson in Subordination
Parshas Trumah: The Temple and Tabernacle
Fate of Mishkan
Teruma
Proceed with Caution
Teruma
The Temple-Photos

 Kedoshim
Why honor parents?
Honor parents: Intellect not emotions
2 Severe Sins
May we heighten pleasure?
Kedoshim: Sexuality
Supremacy of the Law
Let's Be Holy
Kedoshim: Strategic Silence
Kedoshim: Man can Become Holy
AchareyMot / Kedoshim
Kedoshim 5769
Kedoshim
Kedoshim: Rotely performed mitzvahs are not the goal
Kedoshim: Rabbi Fox: "Deception"
Kedoshim: Rabbi Bernstein: "Lashon Hara"
Kedoshim
Subjective Justice: Parshas Kedoshim
Kedoshim
Kedusha-Sanctity
Witchcraft
Shaving
Kedoshim

Balak
Can Curses Do Harm?
Do Blessings Matter?
A Nation that Dwells Alone
Bilam's Example
Parshas Balak
Balak: The Zealot
Bilam-Rabbi Chait
Bilam and the Donkey
 Kisavo
A Strange Confession
"Bless us from Heaven"
Where Shall Torah be Fulfilled?
Moses' First Printing Press: His Care for Mankind
Are we innately good?
KiTavo 5769
KiTavo 5768
Parshas KiTavo: First Fruits
KiTavo 5766
Blessings over Fruit
KiTavo
Secret Sins
Severe Punishments
Rabbi Fox-KiTavo
Rabbi Bernstein
Ki Tavo
3 Stone Sets-Torah Written Upon
Declaration of Fulfilling Tithes
Parashas KiTavo
Vayishlach
Call for Violence
Conquering Hate
Life with Lavan
Vayishlach
Let's talk about it
Jacob and the Angel
Vayishlach
Vayishlach
VaYishlach: Rachel's Burial Site
VaYishlach
VaYishlach
Vayishlach
Vayishlach - Politics from the Torah
Vayishlach - Yaakov's dealings with Esav
Titzaveh
The Crucial Lesson: Menorah & Ark
Value of Appearances
Measure for Measure
Shedding Light on Menorah: Dedication to God
Do Clothes Make the Man?
Tabernacle: Laden with Treasure
Tetzaveh
Parshas Tetzaveh
The Breastplate
Parshas Tetzaveh
In the Dark II - From Egypt to Sinai: A Journey Immortalized in Temple
In the Dark: The Incense Altar
Tetzaveh
The High Priest's Garb
Parshas Tetzaveh

Emor
The Blasphemer
The Source of Sanctity
Vegetarian
Secular Humanism
Why Appearance Matters
A man with a Plan
Secular Humanism
Jewish Exceptionalism
His Mercies are on All His Works
Emor
Every Jew can Become a Kohen
Emor
Emor: Rabbi Fox: "Omer"
Emor: Rabbi Bernstein: "Holiness & Elitism"
Emor
Life and Death
Parshas Emor
Right Ideas–Wrong Impressions
Emor
Emor 5763

Pinchas
An Intellectual Embarrassment
Popularity
Sin of Tolerance

Parshas Pinchas
Pinchas - Rabbi Fox
Pinchas - Rabbi Bernstein
Pinchas 5763
Pinchas
 Nitzavim
How God Judges
Whims of the Heart
Much business limits wisdom
Netzavim / Vayelech
Metaphysical Dimension
Never Lose Hope
Netzavim / Vayelech
Netzavim / Shofar
Nitzavim
Parsahsa Nitzavim/VaYelech
Nitzavim / VaYelech
Vayeishev
The difference in Joseph's 2 dreams
Identification and Sin: Why Joseph "Intended" to Sin with Potiphar's Wife
A People Restored
May Parents have Favorites?
Why Yaakov favored Yosef
Vayeshev / Chanuka
Vayeshev
Joseph in Egypt
Vayeshev
VaYeshev
Vayeshev
The Selling of Joseph
Dinah
Vayeshev

Kisisa
Micha's Gold Calf: The Rabbis' Allegories
Why God made Moses face to beam light
Gold Calf: Two Paths to Idolatry
Etched in Stones
Ki Tisa - Shabbos
Remaking the Gold Calf
What was the Gold Calf sin?
Charismatic Leader
Still paying for the Gold Calf
Ki Tisa
Moses & the Gold Coin: The Proliferation of Superition in Jewish Communities, and Rabbis' Silence
Ki Tisa: Justice; Free Will
Ki Tisa: Anointing Oil
The Gold Calf & Pluralists – Judaism's Imposters
Parshas Ki Tisa
Curses of the Wise Come True
Ki Tisa
The Golden Calf
Melting the Golden Calf
Anointing Oil
Parshas Kisisa
The Torah's Divine Origin & Why Moses' Face Shone

 

 Behar
Unbreakable Covenant
Shmita's Challenge
Personal Piety
On Loan from God
Delusion of Ownership
Sabbatical unto God
The Land
Behar: Women's Mitzvahs
Behar
Behar
Behar / Bechukotai: Rabbi Fox, "Shemitah & Yovale"
Behar / Bechukotai: Rabbi Bernstein, "Joyless Festivals in Israel"
 Mattos
Excessive Religiosity
The Ultimate Conquest
Learning as a Refuge
Separating from the Community
Uncharacteristic Anger
Mattos / Masei
His Faithfulness is Eternal
Mattos - Rabbi Fox
Mattos - Rabbi Bernstein
Parashas Matot/Massay
Mattot/Massey
 Vayelech
All Depends on Me
Mekaitz
Significance of Dreams
Joseph's Brothers' Jealousy
Change of Fortune
What' good is eternal: The Famine erased all Good
Midrash: Judah's angry response
Why dreams exist
How Joseph knew
How Joseph Knew that Pharaoh's Dreams were Prophetic
Meketz
Meketz
Miketz-Vayigash
Parashas Meketz
Pharaoh's Dreams
Pharaoh's Wisdom
Joseph's Dream Interpretations

Vayakhel
Be Strong
Festivities of the Mind
Tabernacle's Coverings: A Lesson on Knowledge
Of Enduring Value
Shmos in Review
Vayakhel
Parshas Vayakhel
VaYakhel/Pekuday: Prohibited Work
Vayakhel/Pekuday: The Tabernacle
Vayakhel
Yetzer Hara
The Temple: A Response to the Golden Calf
Parshas Vayakel
Vayakhel

Bechukosai
Unusual Punishment
Bechukosai: A Land That Abhors Immorality
Vayikra: Long Story, Scary Ending
Jerusalem's Holiness
Peace and Love
Behar / Bechukotai
BeChukotai
BeChukotai
Serving God Faithfully
BeChukotai

Maasei
Massay
Uncharacteristic Anger
Chutzpah

 Haazenu
Moses' Motivation
Forgetting God
HaAzinu-Shabbat Shuva

Vayigash
Leaving Exile
The Secret of Forgiveness
Reconciliation
Vayigash
Vayigash
Vayigash
Vayigash
Joseph's Dream Interpretations: How he discoverd Pharaoh's dreams were divine...without God telling him
Vayigash
Vayigash
Banning God
Joseph and His Brothers

 

Pekuday
Pekuday
Commitment
Power of Gold
Faithful Artisans
Consequences of Sin
Parshas Pekuday
Temple: The Interactive Museum of God's Providence
Pekuday
The Ark's Poles
Parshas Pekudey
Pekuday
 Vezos HaBracha
The Spirit of Wisdom
Those Who Curse
Vayichi
Vayeche: God's Country
Would Joseph take revenge?
Joseph's Brothers: Projection vs. Objectivity
Joseph's Brothers: Projection vs. Objectivity
Joseph's Brothers: Projection vs. Objectivity
Joseph's Oath
Burial in Israel
Death and Mortality
Vayeche: Jacob's honor of Joseph; the ruler
Vayeche
Gratitude: Short Lived
Vayeche
Parsha: Vayeche
Vayeche
Jacob crosses hands on Mennashe and Epraim
Parshas Vayeche
Parshas Vayeche
Parshas Vayeche II

 

 

 

Prophets / Writings

Megillot

Koheles-Article on Chap 1:1–1:11
See our Audio page
Megillas Antiochos (Channuka)

Proverbs

Mishley: An Overview: Reader's questions on the purpose and design of Proverbs, with examples from first chapter

The Design of Mishley
Rambam on Mishley

Proverbs: 1:1-10
Proverbs: 1:10-18
Proverbs: 1:18-22
Proverbs: 1:22-27
Proverbs: 1:27-30
Proverbs: 1:30-33

Proverbs: 1:7
Proverbs: 18:2
Proverbs 27:19 - Man's Reflecting Heart

Proverbs: Insecurity
Proverbs: Insecurity

Prophets

Isaiah 40: God Is Not Blind
Joshua: The Day the Sun Stood Still

 Writings

Book Of Job

 

Book Of Job
Rabbi Israel Chait

Book of Job I
Book of Job II: The Story of Job
Book of Job III: Eliphaz's Argument
Book of Job IV: Bildad's Argument
Book of Job V: Tzofar's Argument
Book of Job VI: Justice & Providence
Book of Job VII - Good & Evil
Book of Job VIII-IX- Limited Providence; the Rasha's Undoing
Job X - Fleeting Fortunes
Job XI - Religiosity
Job XII - Creation
Job XIII - Epilogue; God Addresses Job

The Rabbis

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