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Commentaries

Person in the Parsha: Vayetze

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

ONE REVELATION OR TWO?” 

Quite some time has gone by since we celebrated the holiday of Sukkot. Frankly, there is much about that holiday that I have already forgotten....

Person in the Parsha: Toldot

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

DO PARENTS KNOW THEIR CHILDREN?

It is commonly assumed that parents know their children much better than anyone else knows them.  After all, parents have had the opportunity to...

Person in the Parsha: Chayei Sarah

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

YES, SARAH IS IN THE PARSHA

The opening verses in this week’s Torah portion (Genesis 23:1-25:18) inform us of the death of Sarah:

“The span of Sarah’s...

Person in the Parsha: Vayera

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

HOW WOULD YOU TRANSLATE ‘YASHAR’?

I’ve set two goals for myself in writing this year’s series of “Person in the Parsha” columns. One is to focus on a person...

Person in the Parsha: Lech Lecha

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB 

“Persons Not in the Parsha”

I try to focus these weekly columns upon individuals who are barely mentioned in the weekly Torah portion. They often have an important, but insufficiently appreciated,...

Person in the Parsha: Noach

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

NIMROD AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVIL

Why did I choose the title “Person in the Parsha” when I began to compose these weekly columns many years ago? I hesitate...

Person in the Parsha: Bereshit

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

This week, we’ll read the story of the creation of the world in six days.

From the third day on, we...

Person in the Parsha: Ki Tisa – Yom Kippur

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

A SECOND CHANCE

Imagine a very important project in which you were once involved. It could have been at work, in school, or in your personal life. You gave...

Person in the Parsha: Ha’Azinu

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

“REPRESSION OF THE SUBLIME”

It was advertised as one symposium at a major psychology conference. It was to be a discussion about memory and forgetfulness. But it turned out...

Person in the Parsha: Nitzavim-Vayelech

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

ACCEPTING THE INVEVITABLE

 

All men are mortal.

Yankel is a man.

Therefore, Yankel is mortal.

You have just read a basic lesson in logic, one that appears in almost every textbook on...