In this week’s Torah portion “Vayetzeh” we learn how our forefather Jacob was sent by his ma and pa to college, a seven-year program at the University of Haran, ostensibly to escape the wrath and missile rockets of his evil…
Taste of Torah: Is Your Judaism Dead?
How much of the material you learned for your last midterm do you still remember? Studies say less than 10%. How come? You studied well. However, most of knowledge we acquire is superficial and does not connect to us on…
Taste of Torah: Battle It Out or Can You Dig It?
This week’s Parsha is the only one that is dedicated to our second patriarch, Isaac, yet to a causal reader of the Torah text he remains largely an enigma. Mostly passive, the only noteworthy episode of Isaac’s life described by…