Vayigash
Can You Be Nostalgic for the Future?"And to his father [Yosef] sent... from the best of Egypt." Says Rashi: "This is old wine." Why did Yosef…
Shlach
G-d's DrinkWhy are the libation offerings discussed immediately after the debacle of the spies? Why did R' Yochanan say that anyone…
Ki Savo
Are You Proud of Your Sins?In this week's Torah portion, a word appears twice that has no exact parallel in Scripture: "he'emarta" and "he'emircha" in…
Pekudei
You Can Fake Caring But You Can't Fake Showing UpIn this week's portion, Moshe makes a financial audit of the charitable contributions made toward the building of the sanctuary…