‎This Parasha describes the transition between the first generation of our אבות, the legacy of Abraham and Sarah, and into the lives of the second generation, Yitchak and Rivka. The Parasha begins with the death of Sarah, and in order for the next generation to continue there must be a role model to carry on what she left behind. Therefore the Parasha discusses the building blocks of how Rivka was found and how she will continue on her mother-in-law's legacy. But towards the

Conceived in Sedom For the past 2,000 years the Jewish nation has been awaiting the arrival of the משיח. This character will be the Savior of the Jewish people and will bring the world to its ultimate תיקון process. The Jewish people will be taken out of their bitter exile and will be brought to their final גאולה and will be allowed to build their third and final בית המקדש. The conception of this character is planted within the depths of this week’s Parasha right in the middl

Where Judaism Begins Judaism begins with an individual's search for meaning in life. This individual is named אברהם. After two thousand years, characters have come and gone, risen and fallen; empires have persisted and collapsed. During all this time there was not a single open-minded individual who asked the question "Where did all this begin?" Hashem sat on the sidelines, watched the world pass by and eagerly waited for that one individual to search for His existence and sw

Parashat Noach The divine image Understanding the sin of the generation of the Flood helps us understand why its punishment was fitting, and how precisely Hashem's justice was carried out. At the heart of that generation's failure was the desecration of the unique quality of humanness that G-d had given them. Hashem created man in His divine image (Beresheit 1:27). That divine image is the ability to overcome natural urges and direct the world toward the purpose G-d set for i

Parashat Bereshit - Adam Harishon Human existence begins with Adam Harishon, and therefore everything that manifests itself throughout history will always have its roots beginning at this point in creation. Sin presenting itself at any moment within time can be traced back to the first sin of humanity- the sin of Adam Harishon. Over 5,700 years later humans still battle the same temptations and for us to learn how to overcome it we must look back into how our Rabbis describe

Bereshit: Finding the Why Viktor Frankl survived the Holocaust and went on to ask one of the most important questions a person can ask: what is my life for? He taught that if a person can find the "why," he can live through almost any "how." His search for meaning shaped his whole approach to therapy. The reverse is just as true. If a person lives in this world with no ultimate meaning, every action starts to feel empty. Work, effort and even relationships can lose their weig