The Brothers Ate Eiver Min ha-Chai? When beginning the story of Yosef, the Torah tells us (Bereshit 37:2): 讜址讬指旨讘值讗 讬讜止住值祝 讗侄转志讚执旨讘指旨转指诐 专指注指讛 讗侄诇志讗植讘执讬讛侄诐 (And Yosef brought their defamation to their father). Much has been written about how the brothers defamed Yosef, but what was at the root of their disagreement with him? Rashi lists three…
The Secret of Eiver Min ha-Chai: We know the story. Yitzchak Avinu called for his eldest son to come to him (Bereshit 27:1). After he arrived, Yitzchak told Esav that he was approaching the day of his death (27:2), although he didn't know exactly when it would come, and that he wanted him to go…
Why Yehoshua Told the Sun to be Quiet: In last week's study entitled Be Quiet, Sun!, we learned that Yehoshua bin Nun merited to silence the Sun in the Valley of Ayalon and defeat the army of the five kings because he had remained silent in the face of the insults and accusations that were…
Part 3: The Lights of the Supernal Aleph (Likutei Moharan 6:5) This is the third article in our series focused on finding one鈥檚 zivug in today鈥檚 world. To recap, the first article explained that the root of the problem is related to the widespread difficulty that [young] men today have in being shomer brit. When…
Part 2: The Essence of Teshuvah (Likutei Moharan 6:2) In last week鈥檚 article, we examined the true reason behind the shidduch crisis in the orthodox Jewish world. With G-d鈥檚 help, we will now begin to lay out the path that a young man can take in order to cleanse his way, thereby meriting to marry…
We live in a very noisy world. To a certain extent, we have become programmed to eschew silence. Silence has become an enemy of sorts. The moment we might come to experience a moment of silence, we grab our cell phones, turn on a computer, listen to music, etc. The bottom line is that few…