What Made Abraham Special

It is so easy to find justification for the claiming of reward and the avoidance of inconvenience, and so very much harder to undertake the opposite. Table for Five: Lech Lecha  Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist I will …

What went into the Ark besides Noah’s family and the animals?

“In the Beginning” does not mean what most people believe it does.

Jacob, Joseph and the secret of Jewish grandchildren!

Why does Joseph ask about his father at the very moment he could be avenging himself for the terrible wrong he suffered?

Shimon and Levi executed every man in Shechem and took the women and children as slaves.

Not Just A Dream

Has our tradition been unfair to Esau?

Isaac and Ishmael came together to bury their father Abraham. Why did it take so long?

Holy chutzpah ain’t just for the ancients.

An ancient blessing proved true again and again.