Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 4

November 12, 2022; 18 Cheshvan, 5783

Parsha In this week’s parsha, one of the Malachim (angels) that visited Avrohom Avinu informs him that Sara Imeinu was going to have a son despite her advanced age. Sara overheard this prophesy and did not believe it. The Possuk says, “Now Avrohom and Sara were old, coming on in years; Sara had ceased to have the way of the women. Sarah laughed within herself, saying, ‘After I have become worn out, will I have smooth flesh…’” (Bereishis 18:11-12)

How could Sara, who was on an even greater level than Avrohom in regards to prophesy, deny the truth of the prophecy?...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 3

November 5, 2022; 11 Cheshvan, 5783

Parsha In this week’s Parsha, Hashem told Avrohom Avinu to, “Go forth from your land – your birthplace – and the house of your father – to the land that I will show you” (Bereshis 12:1). We see from this Possuk that Hashem felt it necessary to tell Avrohom to depart from each of these three places. Would not it have been sufficient to just say, “Go forth from your land”?

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 2

October 29, 2022; 4 Cheshvan, 5783

Parsha In this week’s Parsha, we find the Pasuk (11:1) introducing the incident of the Migdal Bavel (Tower of Babel) saying, “Now the entire earth was of [spoke] one language and [spoke] Devarim Achadim.” The simple translation of Dvarim Achadim is “uniform words.” However, the Midrash (Beraishis 38:3) translates it to mean that the people of the generation spoke against a “lone voice.”

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