Vayeira
Compassion for the Wicked?The Shem MiShmuel asks how Avraham could plead for mercy on behalf of the people of Sodom when they were…
Vayikra
Spiritual Psychology of the Sin OfferingWhy does the Torah require one to bring a sin offering for an inadvertent sin? What is the point of…
Nitzavim
A Crazy DealThe Torah reading of Nitzavim always comes before Rosh Hashanah. How does its opening verse of "all of you are…
Va'eschanan
Comfort, ComfortThis week's Haftorah begins with the prophecy: "Nachamu, nachamu ami, comfort, comfort my people." Why the double expression of consolation?…