Our guest this week is Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, Co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut. Rabbi Lichtenstein, son of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, made Aliyah with his family in 1971 from ...
Our guest this week is Rabbi Sarah Hronsky, leader of Temple Beth Hillel in Valley Village, LA. Rabbi Hronsky was ordained a rabbi by Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC) of Los ...
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak provided a daring translation of Rashi’s comment on why Noah didn't enter the ark until forced to by the rain - and it is a lesson for all of us.
Ten generations after Adam arrived on the scene, humanity has descended into moral depravity. God is so disappointed with the work of His hands that he is ready to wipe out all of creation. Every ...
Parshat Noach contains the story of the ultimate demoralization of mankind; whereas the world was created pristine and fresh, and hardly ten generations separated the first man [Adam] from Noach, the ...
When we think of Parashat Noach, we likely gravitate to the primary narrative that describes Noah being called by God to build an Ark, and gather two of every animal to save them from the destructive ...
This week’s portion describes the story in Genesis of the great deluge that destroyed the earth. Why must the narrative tell us about the flood in such great detail? The Torah, very simply, could have ...
Terach, Abraham’s father, is often viewed in the Midrash as an evil man and nothing more than an idol worshipper (Bereishit Rabbah 38:13). A review of the literal text indicates otherwise. First of ...
G-d promised never to destroy the world by flood again. Does this mean that we have a Divine guarantee that our landmasses will not be submerged, no matter how much carbon dioxide we pour into the ...