Rabbi’s Blog

Dear Friends, At the beginning of this week’s Parsha, Yaakov gives Yosef clear instructions regarding his burial. After Yosef agreed, Yaakov asked him to swear, which he did. Why does […]

Dear Friends, The crescendo of the story that stretches over the last few parshiyot is when Yosef finally reveals himself to his brothers, saying: “I am Yosef, is my father […]

Dear Friends, Sibling rivalry is more common than we might think. According to a Wall Street Journal article, research indicates that 45% of adults have a rivalrous or distant relationship […]

Dear Friends, The gripping account of Yosef and his Brothers is possibly one of the most gut-wrenching and gripping narratives in the entire Torah. On the surface, the factors that contributed to Mechirat […]

Dear Friends, In this week’s Parsha, we read about one of the cosmic events in Jewish history, the confrontation between Yaakov and a ‘man’. Rashi quotes the Midrash that this […]

Dear Friends, We have all been in a situation where we were supposed to do something and needed to be prompted to do it: “Did you forget to put out […]