Guest post by Chaim Apsan That we live in special times, close to the Messianic age is already no surprise. Our sages already stated ...

From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson Art: Alex Levin A Building of the Heavens or of the Earth ...

Now Yosef could not bear all those standing beside him, and he called out, "Take everyone away from me!" So no one stood wi...

Rashi says that after Yitro saw Hashem punish the Egyptians Midda K'Neged Midda he then declared, " Ata Yadati Ki Gadol Has...

At the dividing point of the night, I will go out into the midst of Egypt.. .   [Bo 11:4] Rashi comments: At the literal level ...

Artist Unknown By Rabbi Chanan Morrison: From the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac haKohen Kook There are six measures, the Sage...

  וַיְהִי אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה   - And it came about, after these words....   [ Vayeishev 40:1 ] The "words" that a...

It is written, “You shall lend him sufficient for his needs, which he is lacking” [ Re'eh 15:8 ] Rashi points out: “ Even a...

Artist Unknown Every commandment that I command you this day you shall keep to do, that you may live and multiply, and come and posses...

Art Baruch Nachshon ' 'From there, they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Yotvath..'' [ Eikev 10:7 ] Ra...

Art: Beth Stephens When rebuking the Jewish people here, Moshe did not mention, or even allude to their sins.  Rather, in order t...

  " How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel! " [ Balak 24:5 ] Rashi writes that Bilam was ins...

by Rabbi Yisroel Bronstein ''This is the statue of the Torah....'' [ Chukat 19:2 ] Rashi explains that the subject o...

Art by Elhanan Ben-Avraham Moshe complains about the accusations hurled against him and says  "Lo Chamor Echad Meihem Nasasi&quo...

"A man or woman who distinguishes himself (or herself) by taking a Nazirite vow of abstinence for the sake of Hashem" [ Naso ...

''And the son of the Israelite woman pronounced the [Divine] Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. His mother's name w...

Digital Photo by David Pasillas ''You shall be holy'' [ Kedoshim 19:2 ] There is a principle in Chassidic thought t...

Text by Rabbi Yisroel Bronstein ''Hashem spoke to Moshe after the death of Aharon's two sons'' [ Acharei 1:1 ] ...

Parshat Acharei 17:10-12 Why is the prohibition of eating blood so severe that it causes G-d to ''make Himself free'' f...

"...You shall not stand by [the shedding of] your fellow's blood...." [ Kedoshim 19:16 ] The Baal Shem Tov taught tha...