Noach was a tenth-generation descendant of Adam Harishon. And he and his family were the only descendants of Adam to not suffer the terrible fate of those who lived during the time of the flood. He is ...

The practice is to read “David’s Song” (II Samuel ch. 22) as the haftara for Parshat Haazinu, which itself consists of Moses’s parting song to the people of Israel. The themes of the two songs are ...

Ever since the yearly cycle of Torah readings was standardised towards the end of the Second Temple era, and the fixed calendar as calculated by Hillel II (Hillel ben Yehudah, Nasi or head of the ...

And thou, do not fear, O My servant Jacob; neither be dismayed, O Israel; for, lo, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return and sit in quiet ...

These are the sons of Tziv’on: Ayah and Anah. It was Anah who discovered how to breed mules in the desert, when he was tending the donkeys for his father Tziv’on. ~ Genesis 36:24 So much innovation ...

The stories of our forefathers are not only historical accounts of events gone by, but rather foreshadow the future. Yaakov’s fateful meeting with his brother Eisav has thus been reenacted on numerous ...

Genesis seems full of angels, so it’s no surprise that we find our Shabbos bride being escorted in with angels. The Talmud relates that when someone comes home Friday night, they are escorted by two ...

Insights from Toras Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the Rebbe's father, presented by Shliach Rabbi Dovid Dubov of New Jersey, for Parshas Vayishlach: Yaakov & Mordechai Against Esav & Haman. Full ...

Everybody’s wrong in Parshat Vayishlach. I know. That’s not what you want to hear. People tell me all the time that they are so troubled by the actions of various characters in the Torah. People ...

COLlive.com presents a weekly series from the creative minds at the Jewish Children's Museum in Crown Heights. Parsha Studio will explore the Parsha through crafting, painting, science experiments, ...