It is hard to believe that I am writing again, while sitting shiva once again, this time for my older sister (by six years) ...

"We have to resolve the tension in ourselves before we can do so for others. We have to be at peace with ourselves before we ...

Our Torah portion Vayishlach presents a moving monologue Jacob delivers before the creator. He begins by acknowledging God’s great kindness toward him, from the time he fled his parents’ home ...

4:11 p.m. NYC E.S.T. Sabbath Ends: 5:15 p.m. NYC E.S.T. Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 5:42 p.m. NYC E.S.T. Rambam Yomi: Hilchos Rotze’ach u’Shmiras Nefesh chap. 11 ...

Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 28 books including “God Wrestler: A Poem for Every ...

The commentaries explicate that he had been accompanied by the angels of exile and now he was also meeting the angels of the ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Yaakov’s fear is palpable as Parshat Vayishlach opens. Eisav and his outsized militia are approaching, and the younger ...

Yes, Esav rises high up to the top of the ladder, but eventually Hashem orchestrates his fall. It was prophesied then and it ...

Rachel’s influence was to unify Israel, to remind us to welcome and accept one another just as she was a mother to all Yaakov’s sons and her sons never treated any of the other brothers with disda ...