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Sarah: Beauty According to the Torah
One of the first episodes in the Torah regarding Sarah, the wife of Avraham, introduces us to her in a very interesting way. Avraham is forced by a famine to leave his home and travel to Egypt. Concerned that the Egyptians, taken by her beauty, will want Sarah for their own, Avraham takes serious precautions
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Vayeira: Sarah, the Hostess Par Excellence
The life of Sarah Imeinu was impressive, incredible and inspiring. She was a spiritual-focused woman in a world which denied Hashem, mentor to the many souls who came physically and spiritually hungry to her tent and miraculously became a mother at age 100. Yet, we do not hear much detail about any of these facets
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The Halachot of Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur does not atone for sins towards your fellow man until you are forgiven by them. It is therefore very important to ask forgiveness from all those that you may have harmed in any way…
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Selichot: Peeling Away the Layers Over Our Hearts
As we enter the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, the songs on our lips are the poignant words of the Selichot. For Sephardim, beginning on the first day of Elul and for Ashkenazim, at least four days before Rosh Hashana, generally beginning the Sunday before. Moshe ascended the mountain on Rosh Chodesh Elul and
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Rosh Hashanah: Choosing Your Soulmate
Adam was created on Rosh Hashanah, alone on Earth until one of his ribs was used to create Chava later that same day. Some women envy Chava for the ease with which she acquired a spouse. No bad dates. No weeks pass without a date. No hours wasted picking out outfits and doing makeup. No
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Ki Tavo: How to Battle Against Sichon
At the end of the parsha, Moshe reminds the people of the miracles Hashem performed for them. From leaving Egypt, to receiving manna from Heaven – and the wars with Sichon, King of Cheshbon and Og, King of Bashan. Rashi tells us that these wars, the precursor to the actual conquering of the land, took
