Sacrificing for Torah

This week's reading contains one of the more famous cases of a Medrashic teaching that clearly departs from the plain meaning of the words. Discussing the laws of purity and impurity, the Torah says, "This is the teaching: when a man dies in a tent, all who come into...

Hidden Connection Between Turkey and Thanksgiving

I had planned to begin this week thanking the many people who volunteered to help us get the word out, by posting Torah.org flyers (or arranging to have them posted) on their campus or in their neighborhood. Instead, I must thank the few people who did so, all the...

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Can You Hang a Torah.org Poster?

"For the Candle is a Mitzvah, and the Torah is Light." Here's an easy Mitzvah for you, that will spread the Light of Torah in time for Chanukah! All that's required is your knowledge of your community, and a few moments of your volunteer spirit. Notice boards -- in...

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Uncovering Our Real Intentions

When Sarah passes away, Avraham seeks out a burial place for her -- the cave then belonging to Efron the Hittite. Efron shows us how to say much, and do little. Or more accurately, as Rashi says, "even a little he did not do." Efron said to Avraham, "The cave is a...

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New Jews and Old

There is a very interesting Medrash connected to this week's reading. The Medrash tells us that after Avraham circumcised himself, many people came to convert and join the Jewish People. The Bais HaLevi, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik zt"l of Brisk, asks: isn't this...

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Where Unity Can Take Us

After the Flood, the inhabitants of Noah's Ark resettle the world and communities of people begin to grow once again. And in an act of rebellion, they decided to build a tower reaching up to Heaven. G-d's method of stopping them contains a lesson for us all -- He...

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