At The Well - Part 1 of 5 (This five part teaching is dedicated to Pastor Hazel Wingo) Three Torah 'giants' found their spouses at a well: Isaac, Jacob and...
At The Well - Part 2 of 5 The Uniqueness Of The Well The well in Jacob's story was not merely a meeting place. The word "well" is mentioned seven times in...
At The Well - Part 3 of 5 The Woman And The Well There were many metaphors for women in the Torah, one of them was a well or spring. Proverbs 5:15-18 warns...
At The Well - Part 4 of 5 Rachel's Well The most dramatic symbolism of the future bond between man and woman is found in the story of Jacob and Rachel at the...
At The Well - Part 5 of 5 YHVH's Promise At Beth-El: "Behold, I am with you." In His uplifting revelation to Jacob at Beth El, when he left for Haran, YHVH...
The Power Of Self Control "Judah is a lion's cub, from the prey, my son, you have gone up." (Gen 49:9) A righteous person is one who rules over himself and...
Noah's Ark Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah's Ark: One: Don't miss the boat. Two: Remember that we are all in the same boat. Three: Plan...
INTRODCUTION Chapters of Our Fathers Dovid Rosenfeld Beit Shemesh, Israel ... Pirkei Avos, literally Chapters of Our Fathers, is a section of the Mishna, one...
The original version of this class was written in April, 1999, shortly after the passing of Lifsha bas Mordechai HaCohen, Lucy Rosenfeld, my grandfather's...
Chapter 1, Mishna 17 Expressions of the Soul "Shimon his son [i.e., the son of Rabban Gamliel of the previous mishna] said, all my life I have been raised...
Chapter 1, Mishna 18(a) Jew vs. Gentile in the Eyes of the Torah, Part I "Rabbi Shimon ben (son of) Gamliel said, on three things does the world endure:...
Chapter 1, Mishna 18(b) Jew vs. Gentile in the Eyes of the Torah, Part II "Rabbi Shimon ben (son of) Gamliel said, on three things does the world endure:...
Chapter 2, Mishna 1(a) Israel's Dual Mission "Rabbi said, What is the proper path a person should choose for himself? Whatever brings glory to himself [before...
B"H Our Mandate ... Each generation has its role in history. From all the generations before us we inherited a wealth of dreams: philosophy, truths, wisdom and...
"H Land for Peace? ... They have banished G-d into exile. They have decreed He is too holy, too transcendent to belong in our world. They have determined He...
"One will say, I belong to YHVH, another will call by the name of Jacob; still another will write on his hand, YHVH's, and will take the name Israel... You...
"This is what YHVH says: Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am...
B"H Sharing the Workload ... In every venture, divide the workload between yourself and your Partner Above. The dividing line depends on the sort of venture. ...
"H 8 Tammuz, 5763 * July 8, 2003 ============= C O M M E N T ============= Land for Peace? ... Since G-d gave us a brain, why did He need to give us a Torah? ...
INTRODUCTION Chapters of Our Fathers Dovid Rosenfeld Beit Shemesh, Israel ... Pirkei Avos, literally Chapters of Our Fathers, is a section of the Mishna, one...
Chapter 1 Mishna 1(a) By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld Who Gave the Rabbis the Right... "Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua...
Chapter 1 Mishna 1 (b) By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld The First Commandment: Know Yourself "Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua...
Balak This century, the bloodiest in all of human history, should have lain to rest two of the most cherished theories about mankind that the Enlightenment and...
Balak - A Generation Repents By Rabbi Aron Tendler The generation who witnessed the exodus from Egypt, the splitting of the sea, and the giving of the Torah...
Rabbi Frand on Parshas Chukas-Balak ... These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the...
Jewish Hx: The Great Revolt by Rabbi Ken Spiro In a seemingly suicidal move, Jews decided to take on the might of Rome. A rebellion against Rome in the 1st...
