Noah 5776: Weathering the Storm “The effort to combat psychotic prejudice with reasonable counter-arguments is an act not only of folly, but of capitulation.” —David Mamet

Bereshit 5776: Divine Earth “Earth, my dearest, oh believe me, you no longer need your springtimes to win me over…Unspeakably, I have belonged to you, from the flush.” ― Rainer

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson As we close the book of Bereshit this

 “If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” — John F. Kennedy The awkwardness of engaging with those whom we

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. — Eleanor Roosevelt The beauty and significance of Hanuka is often eclipsed by the famous eight-day miracle of the

Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even

“And Yaakob was left alone — and a man wrestled with him until the coming up of dawn…when he saw that he could not prevail against him…he said to him

The dream that Yaakob has at the opening of this week’s parasha presents him with a vision of the the world that deeply affects him. In his dream he sees

In Perashat Toledot we read of the birth of our forefather Yaakob and his twin brother Esav. Theirs is a complex relationship filled with strife and difficulty. The strife runs

Rav Aha said, “The discussion of the servants of the forefathers is more beautiful than the torah of their children”.  If word count is an indicator, it would seem that