Rabbi’s Blog

Dear Friends, At the beginning of Parshat Shemot, the pasuk says, “And a new king arose in Egypt who did not know Yosef.” (Shemot 1:8). The simple meaning of “who did not […]

Dear Friends, Pharaoh awakened after two disturbing prophetic dreams whose interpretations eluded him. After discussion with his wisest men, Pharaoh summons Yosef from the dungeons, who interprets the dreams to […]

Dear Friends, One of the most dramatic narratives in the Torah, arousing our emotions anew with each reading, is the story of Yosef and his brothers. The commentators go to […]

Dear Friends, The dangers of trying to be overly healthy, a phenomenon dubbed by some as orthorexia, result from people trying to be so healthy that it is unhealthy. They become […]

Dear Friends, When you go into a store with toys or snacks, a classic scene is seeing a child begging a parent to purchase an item. You might even be […]

Dear Friends, In memory of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l who passed away last Shabbat, I wanted to share a timely message he wrote on this week’s parsha […]