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Vayechi 5780 – Self-defense and Soleimani

A little over a week ago the United States assassinated General Qassem Soleimani, a terrorist who was the leader of

Envy is at the heart of this week’s parsha. We’re told, And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons,

In the birkat hamazon, the grace after meals, there’s a curious phrase: Kedoshenu kadosh YakovOur holiness is the holiness of

Bereshit bara El-him et hashamayim v’et ha’aretz, “in beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Torah tells us that

What is it that makes Abraham so special that God singles him out to become the first Jew? When God

One of my boyhood heroes, former astronaut and US Senator John Glenn, died this past week. John Glenn was the