by Rabbi Shai Finkelstein | Dec 7, 2016
Rabbi Shai Finkelstein Former Rosh Kollel in Memphis (2000-2005) Currently Rabbi of the Ntzanim Community, Jerusalem Visions and Dreams Yaakov’s dream is one of the most well-known stories in the Torah and stimulates our imagination about the ladder, its...
by Rabbi Herzl Hefter | Nov 22, 2015
Rav Herzl Hefter Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland (1995-1997) Source Sheets Yaakov and Rachel – audio class
by Rabbi Yehuda Susman | Nov 19, 2015
Rav Yehuda Susman Former Rosh Kollel in Chicago Currently Rosh Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi Source Sheets Watering at the Well: Thoughts on Genetic Engineering in Halacha – audio class
by Simon Lawrence | Nov 19, 2015
Simon Lawrence This Dvar Torah is written in honour of my daughter Hannah’s Bat Mitzvah this Shabbat One of the first places in our beautiful city of Perth that is visited by tourists, is King’s Park. Situated in the North East corner of the park, is a 242 step...
by Rabbi Yehuda David | Mar 10, 2015
Rachel has had enough. Not only that she let Leah marry Jacob before she did, but now Leah is having kid after kid and she is remaining barren. Her bad feelings are expressed in the following pasuk: “give me children-otherwise I am dead” (30:1). Jacob...
by Rabbi Boaz Genut | Feb 26, 2015
Rabbi Boaz Genut Former Rosh Kollel in St. Louis Former Executive Director of Torah Mitzion Currently Director of the Department of Marriage and Community Affairs at Tzohar Parshat Vayeitzei recounts the story of Yaakov’s escape to Charan and the...
by Rabbi Yechiel Brukner | Feb 26, 2015
Rabbi Yechiel Brukner Rosh Kollel, Munich In our parsha, Parshat Vayeitzei, we read about Yaakov’s efforts to establish his family and plant the seeds of our nation. As he deals with Lavan’s malevolent deceit and deception – “an Aramean [sought to]...
by Itzik Amar | Feb 26, 2015
Parashat VaYetze opens with Ya’akov’s fleeing to Charan. The recounting of his flight includes two incidents that he experiences while on his way. The first is the revelation he experiences at Bet El, and the second is the story of his meeting Rachel at the well. It...
by Liat Jackman | Feb 26, 2015
Something is not right. This week we read how Lavan cheats Yaakov, giving him Leah instead of Rachel. We understand Yaakov and Lavan. But how could Leah, one of the four righteous mothers of our people, cheat her own sister? Moreover, what did she have to gain? Her...
by Torah Mitzion Admin | Feb 26, 2015
In the beginning of the parasha, the Torah tells us of Yaakov´s dream and the vow he takes immediately upon awakening. He declares: “If God will be with me and protect me on this journey that I take, and gives me bread to eat and clothing to wear, and I return...
