When I was 13 or 14 years old, I really wanted to have a pair of Wrangler jeans. However, my parents thought they were relatively expensive, so they would buy me pairs of other, cheaper brands instead. Then they would spend the money thus saved to send me to an additional summer camp or to […]

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 […]