George Lucas has rereleased the original Star Wars trilogy several times over the years. And in 1997 he started to make changes, most infamous of which is known as Greedo Shoots […]
In this weeks parsha, God reveals himself to the nation of Israel and gives Moses the 10 Commandments. In doing so, the bris (covenant) between the Jewish people and God […]
In this week’s parsha we have the famous splitting of the sea. Imagine witnessing an event of that magnitude first hand. How long would that stay with you? Last […]
Parsha Va’eira is the Torah portion with almost all the plagues. And Moses, the staff, and the snakes, and Moses and Pharaoh coming head to head. Basically, if you’ve seen the […]
The desire to assimilate is probably the most difficult temptation any Jew faces living in America today. On one hand, we want to be a part of the culture […]
In this week’s Torah portion, Yaakov dies, finally ending the Yoseif story as well as Bereishis, the first book of the Torah. It is a tender parsha, full of blessings, […]
With this week’s parsha we see the conclusion to the Yoseif story as not only the brothers are reunited with Yoseif but subsequently Yaakov and the rest of the family. 70 individuals come down […]
In this week’s parsha, Yoseif finds himself with all the power of the mightiest regime on the planet and the brothers who wronged him in his grasp. There is not one […]
We’re finally on the parshas concerning Yosif. Growing up, the only Bible story I really knew was from the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. So when I started studying […]
I’ve been keenly interested in the the story of Yaakov and Esav ever since the TV show LOST introduced its mysterious deity-like figure Jacob and his unnamed evil brother. The brothers had much […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 