Devora the Meneket: Not Just a Nurse

Devora the Meneket: Not Just a Nurse Rabbi Zeev Roness Former Shaliach in Memphis (1998 – 1999) Ram at Yeshivat Netivey Hatorah in Beit Shemesh Click for PDF For translation to Spanish and Português In Parshat Vayishlach, Yaakov Avinu fulfills the command of...

The Alienating Capitalist

Masechet Avot (5, 10) describes 4 different types of attributes and characteristics: There are four types of character in human beings: One that says: “mine is mine, and yours is yours”: this is a commonplace type; and some say this is a sodom-type of character. [One...

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