The Beholder and the Beheld

Rav Mordechai Torczyner‏ Rosh Kollel YU TMT Zichron Dov, Toronto Click Here for the PDF version One form of beauty is external; the beholder is pleased, and responds positively. In one example, the Torah observes that Rachel is “of beautiful form and appearance”...

A Real Friend

In Parashat Vayeshev we are exposed to the condition of moral frailty.  At the opening of the parasha we find the children of Ya’akov struggling to get along. An unfortunate chapter in the forming of Yisrael that ultimately led to the most grotesque distortion of what...

Yosef & the Chashmonaim

Rav Ronen Neuwirth‏ Former Central Shaliach of Bnei Akiva in North America. Currently President of Ve’Ahavta – TLV Jewish Experience . . Yosef & the Chashmonaim   The story of Yosef is a classic story of a Jew struggling to overcome the dangerous...

Drawing the Line – 5777

Rabbi Baruch Winetraub Former Sgan Rosh Beit Midrash, Toronto (2011-2014) Currently Rabbi of Tel Mond   Drawing the Line Our parshah is the epoch to an epic which will take us from Hevron to Shechem, from Shechem to Egypt, only to be concluded in Goshen, where...