Timeless Torah

Who says that only in dreams can healthy and robust cows be consumed by inferior and scrawny ones? Is “the mighty into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few,” not the same story?  read more »

Judaism embodies both a universal and particular design, which is relayed by the two primary words we use for G-d: Elokim, which is the G-d we discover in nature, while Hashem is G-d we encounter in revelation.  read more »

Unlike Purim which is filled with disguises, Chanukah requires no masquerade and teaches us that we do not have to hide our Judaism.  read more »

The Biblical story of Joseph contains a basic religious message that man must learn: Everything that one does creates a reverberation, an echo that will resonate at some future point in history.  read more »

The Biblical story of Joseph is replete with recurring themes. From cloaks of many colors to dreams, from lowly pits and dungeons to family reunions, this complex and serpentine tale captures our imagination for three fascinating Torah portions.  read more »

The dreamer had been promoted. The famine he predicted had come to pass and the dreams of lordship over his brothers were soon to unfold. And so unaware of the great drama about to engulf them, Joseph’s brothers journeyed to Egypt. While they imagined their mission was merely to buy food, they received more than they bargained for. Arriving at the palace they bowed where, “Joseph recognized his brothers...but he behaved like a stranger and spoke harshly to them...They did not recognize him.”  read more »

It could only have happened in a dream. Where else, but in the world of fantasy, could seven beautiful, healthy and robust cows be consumed by seven ugly, inferior and scrawny ones? Nonetheless, each year these surreal dreams of Pharaoh are recited, for like all of Torah, they convey an important lesson; outward appearances can be deceiving.  read more »