And God Spoke to Moses: The Location of Da'at

The verse V’Ydber Adonai El Moshe L’emor וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר Why is the verse V’Ydber Adonai El Moshe L’emor repeated so often in the Torah and what does it have to do with Creation? In an earlier article we discussed how the...

What We Need is a Leader!

We need a leader. What does a leader do? Provide direction. What direction are we going now? Anyone know? That’s why we need a leader. There have been several great Patriarchs and numerous great tzaddikim (righteous souls) but only 3 leaders in Biblical history...

Vayetze: Sometimes One Word Says it All

What does the word Vayetze tell us? We know that the spiritual essence of the assorted Torah parshot (portions) are found in its first verses, and sometimes in its first word.  It’s not for nothing that very high level righteous souls (tzaddikim) gave them their...

4 Wells and the Source of the Living Waters

What do the 4 wells in parsha Toldot have to do with Isaac being 60 and with the fountain of life? The Torah begins with the word for “well” permuted in its verse first 3 letters (BRE to BER), and actually it repeat it as the second word in the Torah (BRE...