This weeks Parsha completes Sefer Shemot. In Parshat Vayakhel all the vessels of the Mishkan were fashioned.”Pekudei” means counting, this is referring to the calculations and accounting done by...

If you look into this week’s parsha, Parshat Vayakheil, the majority of the parsha is discussing the Mishkan: who was building it, the materials that were needed, who gave...

I want to recommend a book to everyone. The book is Unbroken Spirit by Yosef Mendelevich, it is autobiographical account of Yosef’s experiences as a Jew living in the USSR before the...

This weeks parsha is Parshat Ki Tisa. The Parsha focuses on the golden calf. We know that Moshe went up to Har Sinai, for 40 days and 40 nights...

G-d said to Moshe find the wise people and the question comes along: “What makes someone wise? Is is that they are smart? The Gemara answers this question and...

Each morning we say a beautiful bracha, “hama’avir shaina me’ainay, u’tenuma me’afapay” which means, “God removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids”, at least that is...

Camera, Lights, and only then Action So, a couple of weeks ago, in Parshat Beshalach, the Jewish people are finally on their way out of Egypt. The Jews have...

There is a question that has always troubled me about the Parshiyot we are currently in the midst of. The Midrash tells us, “A simple maid servant at the...

Every person has their Midbar Sinai, their struggles. I’m like eminem, I may not rap about it but everyone has their struggles. I am a junior about to take...

This weeks parsha, parshat Vayechi, started off by saying “And Ya’akov lived until 147.” We know that the last 17 years of Yaakov’s life were the best years of...