Eisav and Yaakov – Twins By Birth Only

Elana Jackson A friend of Torah MiTzion  Currently a nurse in ALEH Jerusalem (and the proud mother of an Israeli soldier) Click Here for the PDF version Eisav is mentioned alongside Yaakov in three stories in Sefer Bereishit, serving to highlight the contrast between...

The Shaliach’s Greatest Challenge

  One of the greatest challenges of a shaliach is to somehow create an environment that no matter what the child, university student, adult or senior citizen does with the rest of his time – when that same person enters the classroom, Bnei Akiva building,...

Yaakov: a model for working through challenges 5779

  Yaakov: a model for working through challenges By Liat Jackman Former Shlicha (Montreal, 2003-05) וישלח יעקב מלאכים לפניו אל עשו אחיו ארצה שעיר שדה אדום…(בראשית לב:ד) …ויקח מן הבא בידו מנחה לעשו אחיו (בראשית לב:יד) ויאמר יעקב אלקי אבי אברהם ואלקי אבי...

Parsh”ut Hashavua

Rabbi Yehuda Susman Former Rosh Kollel in Chicago (2000- 2002) Currently Rosh Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi  Source sheets Parash”ut Hashavua

Bad Things Create Good People – 5777

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger Former Shaliach in Boca Raton (1999-2007) Currently Executive Director and Community Rabbinic Scholar of Dallas Kollel   Bad Things Create Good People True, things could have been worse – but not much worse. First, growing up an orphan...