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9 essays
Chayei Sarahתשפ״ג
Home Building
The essay explores the significance of Eliezer's mission to find a wife for Yitzchok, emphasizing the divine intervention in creating lasting homes and families.
Parsha
Lots and Lots
The essay explores the significance of the name Purim, emphasizing the role of the Pur in Haman's plans and its deeper connection to the Jewish people's salvation.
Parsha
Achron Shel Pesach
The essay explores the significance of Krias Yam Suf during Pesach, emphasizing the role of Atzmos Yosef in the miracle and the lessons of connection to our ancestors.
Parsha
Vayigashתשע״ט
Identity Crisis
The essay explores Yosef's strategic decisions to ensure his family's survival in Mitzrayim, emphasizing the importance of maintaining their identity and separation from Egyptian influences.
Parsha
Undercoat
This essay explores the complex relationship between Yaakov and Yosef, focusing on the significance of the Kesones Pasim and its implications for understanding divine presence during challenging times.
Parsha
Vayechiתשע״ח
He’s Alive
The essay explores the significance of Yaakov Avinu's final moments and the details surrounding his death, emphasizing the idea that he did not truly die as long as his descendants live.
Parsha
Toldosתשע״ח
Well, Well, Well
This essay explores the life of Yitzchok Avinu, focusing on the significance of the wells he dug and their names, emphasizing the lessons of stability and Gevurah.
Parsha
Shoftimתשע״ז
Shoftim: These Days
The essay explores the seemingly superfluous words "HaShofet Asher Yihiyeh Bayamim Hahem" in the parsha's instruction to bring difficult cases to the higher court, which the Gemara in Rosh Hashana explains as a warning against comparing today's authorities unfavorably to earlier generations. Drawing on the Bnei Yissaschar's reading that a person's inability to resolve a halachic question stems from his own aveiros rooted in kinah, taavah and kavod, the author suggests the Torah is anticipating the despondency that follows such self-awareness. Rather than lamenting our diminished stature relative to prior doros, we must turn to the Morei Derech Hashem placed in our own generation \u2014 a fitting message for the opening days of Elul.
Parsha
Beshalachתשע״ז
The Oasis
This essay explores the significance of the oasis in Elim, where Bnei Yisroel found twelve springs and seventy date trees, symbolizing the diverse paths to Torah and Mitzvos amidst their journey in the Midbar.
Parsha