Person in the Parsha: Vayetze

November 29, 2024

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

November 22, 2024

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

November 15, 2024

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

November 08, 2024

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

November 01, 2024

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

November 01, 2024

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

October 25, 2024

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

October 02, 2024

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

September 27, 2024

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

September 20, 2024

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...