You’ve prepared your clothes for the next day. You brushed your teeth. You turned off the light. You’ve assumed your favorite sleeping position. But somehow you cannot fall asleep. Does this sound familiar? Many of us experience problems with falling asleep. We are bothered by thoughts for which we did not have time throughout the […]

Thoughts on Parashat Vayetze [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]And Laban said to him, “You are truly my bone and flesh.” When he had stayed with him a month’s time. (Bereshit 29:14)[/perfectpullquote] Jacob, at the urging of his mother and father, escapes from his brother, Esau, who, overwhelmed with anger at the lie […]

Beit Warszawa, 9th. November 2018 The Hebrew word ‘Toldot’, the name for this week’s sidra, strictly means ‘Generations’ – Those who have been born – and is used more loosely to mean ‘The Generations’ and ‘History’. The Hebrew verbal root ”Y’L’D” is used to mean ”to be born” or ”to give birth” – ”Yeled” is […]

Mi Dor va Dor — from generation to generation – these words have a special significance in our tradition. They symbolize the continuity of the chain of passing on Jewish tradition despite centuries of persecution, due to which throughout the first thousand years after the destruction of the Temple the number of Jews living across […]

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Mazel Tov to Professor Lena Magnone on her Bat Mitzvah this Shabbat, November 9 and 10 at the new home of Beit Warszawa near the center of Warsaw, Poland. Her explication of the Torah reading for this week, Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) is brilliant. Dr. Lena Magnone’s enthusiasm and […]

Thoughts on Parashat Chayyei Sarah Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Within the first seven seconds of meeting someone new, a person will judge another solely on their appearance. That means that in seven seconds your brain will determine whether you decide to continue your interaction with a stranger or not based purely […]