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A fundamental question that has been debated since the beginning of Jewish history regards the…

One of the primary lessons of sefer Breisheet is that birth order matters little. Yitzchak, Yaakov…

“And these are the generations of Peretz…. Shalmon begot Boaz…and Yishai begot David" (Rut 4:18-22…

Sefer Bamidbar can be viewed as a book of missed opportunities. A small group of Jewish slaves…

The Jewish people have never been a large nation. Our strength lies in quality, not quantity.…

Judaism measures greatness by spiritual achievements. It should come as no surprise that many of…

Here is a great trivia question to try on a friend. Who was Noach’s wife? What was Abraham…

In our last post, we discussed the Gemara’s claim that the punishment for false weights is…

All too often, we equate being a religious Jew with the observance of Shabbat, kashrut and …

We live in an age of great skepticism—often for good reason. In a time where science-with its…

Pesach is the Jewish holiday of hope. It marks the beginning of the Jewish (lunar) year – and new…

Our images of Egyptian slavery are those of forced labor and murder by a ruthless tyrant and his…

Thank you! The Toronto Jewish community owes a tremendous collective thank you to the Jesin-…

"He made a feast for them and baked matzah and they ate" (Breisheet 19:3). The…

The third chapter of Bava Batra is some 30 pages long, making it one of the longest in the Talmud.…

Our tradition seems to have a somewhat ambivalent view regarding sacrifices. The Torah devotes many…

It was at the well that Abraham’s servant met Rivka, Yaakov met Rachel and Moshe met Tzippora…

Sefer Vayikra serves as the “central” book of the Chumash; on one side flanked by…