By Yochanan Gordon I’m not much of a vigilante. I never made it past a white belt in karate, although I had a pretty mean horse stance. My diminutive stature and weight are features that did not bode well for me in a schoolyard fight, but with everything that has been going on of late, […]
By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt’l This week’s Sidra tells of the first business transaction recorded in History. It involves a not-too-complicated affair, but the transaction is nevertheless an interesting one. Sarah had died, and Abraham was looking for a burial ground. He approached the Bnei Cheiss, the Hittites, and asked them to sell him the […]
While the parshiyot of Lech Lecha and Vayera depict the lives of Avraham and Sarah, the parashah of Chayei Sarah describes the transition to the next generation. After the death of Sarah, Avraham purchases a burial site for her (and future generations), and initiates a search for a wife for Yitzchak. Mearas HaMachpelah will preserve […]
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Readers of last week’s column are aware of our trip to the Holy Land. As I type this, we are still in Eretz Yisrael, situated in Bnei Brak and headed up north to Nahariya, Tzfas, Meron, and Teverya. We spent the last week in Yerushalayim, including a Shabbos where we davened Friday night at the […]