The Sages read the verse, “Kol ha-neshama tihallel kah,” – Let all souls praise God! (Psalms 150:6) – as “al kol neshima,” – we must praise God for each breath we take. (Devarim
When Reuven convinces his brothers not to kill Joseph, but to cast him in the pit instead, it is ostensibly to return later and save Joseph. Nevertheless, Reuven's act of mercy is
Obadiah Chapter 1: 1-21 Who was Obadiah? Which nation is Edom, the subject of Obadiah’s prophecy? The sages say that Obadiah is the same man we discussed a few weeks ago in
I left our home in Toronto in 1971 for summer camp, and was surprised to be driven at summer's end to a new home in Baltimore. I didn't know that we were moving. There seemed to be what Richard Russo, in "The Mysteries of Linwood...
“I will sing to God while I live, I will sing praises to my Lord while I endure.” (Psalms 104:33) A Torah scholar who has a broad mind able to connect different parts of the Torah, one to the other, must add to the
