When we read the end of Bereshit followed by the beginning of Noach, we notice that God gets upset twice, and twice makes a decree to destroy humanity, with the exception of Noach and his family. The ...

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The images of young men starved and tortured in propaganda videos released by their evil Hamas captors seared the conscience of our people. As the cycle of Torah readings begins anew with Parshat ...

Rashi famously begins his commentary to Sefer Bereshit with the words of a midrash: Rabbi Yitzchak said, “The Torah should have begun with Kiddush Ha-Chodesh (Sanctification of the New Month), which ...

We start again this Shabbat at the beginning with Bereshit. The universe is created out of nothingness by God. “The earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind ...

The Torah portion “Bereshit” tells of the first two children born into this world. Cain and Abel were the sons of Adam and Eve, who were created by the hands of God. Together the brothers ventured ...

Only a couple of weeks ago, we were all feeling the holiness of Yom Kippur. By the end of the day of fasting, beautiful music, insightful teachings and prayers that deepened our self-awareness, we ...

“Now the Lord God took the man, and He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it” Genesis 2:15 A torah (Hebrew scripture) reading. The "yod" - a hand-shaped silver pointer - is used ...