26:15

Terumah

The Effects of Giving
Why is this name of this portion "Terumah" (lit. "donation") when the main point of the portion is what the…

30:34

Emor

Forced Redistribution of Wealth
When does Torah say that we need to be forced to give? What did the Lubavitcher Rebbe tell a philanthropist's…

19:29

Vayeshev

Kindness at the Speed of Light
"And [Yosef] asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in prison... 'Why are your faces sad today?'" (B'reishis 40:7.) How…

24:51

Behar

They Don't Know From Matzo Balls
The mitzvah of the sabbatical year allows the land to rest and replenish itself every seven years. Lest one be…