Parashat Hashavua: Hamas and the Parasha

Why do israel & the diaspora ask for rain at different times?

Sacrifice and salvation

Noah and the Power of Shabbat

A Tale of Four Cities

May I Daven in English?

The end of parshas Noach teaches about the beginning of languages…

Greatness

The greater a person is or believes he or she is, the smaller the room for error in one’s life decisions

Preparing the Way for the Land of Israel

This week's Torah portion of Noah takes us up to (and past) the birth of Avraham Avinu, in the year 1948 after Creation – and nary a word seems to be mentioned about the Land of Israel throughout these almost two millennia! Is this not very strange, considering that the Foundation Stone – Even HaShtiyah – from where the world was actually created, is located in the Land, on what later became the Temple Mount? The longed-for Garden of Eden, too, is located in our Holy Land. How could the Land play such a minor role in the first 2,000 years of human history?

The Good, the Bad, and the Perfect Marriage

Once upon a time, a man came to see a marriage counselor, and began to complain: "My wife is too passive and quiet. I do all the cooking and cleaning, and she barely helps out. And I even have to do all the talking – if I don't start a conversation, you'd be able to hear a pin drop in our house. I always have to initiate and start discussions. I can't go on this way!"...

A whole new world

The world changed after the Deluge. Ours can as well.

Flooding lessons

In books of Chassidus (Tzidkat Hatzadik 107, Torah Ohr Parshat Noach) the Mabul is described as one great 'Mikve' (ritual bath).

Lawlessness

What does the case of the Mishnah, going back on one’s word have to do with the Flood? An insight may be found in the Talmud Yerushalmi.

The Dove, The Olive Branch & The Land of Israel

Israel National Torah

A surprising symbolism of the dove and the olive branch in this week's Parshat Noah.

Beyond Nature

Are we naturally good or naturally bad? On this, great minds have argued for a very long time indeed.

The Lonely Men of Faith

Noach is fascinating: Small name but huge story; the original Castaway; a Robinson Crusoe & a Dr. Doolittle; survivor, sailor, ship-builder, zoo-keeper all in one.

Catch The Wind

If we have a spirit inside us, why don't we see it?

Color My World

Eating Meat

Why was Noach - and all people thereafter - allowed to eat meat?

Noach

Who Were the Tower Builders? – part I