Torah

by Rabbi Elchanan Shoff   “This is the bread of poverty that our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. If you are hungry come and eat…This year we are here, next year in the land of Israel. This year we are slaves, next year free men.”  With these words, we introduce the Seder’s discussion […]

Shemos “The entire soul that came from Yaakov were 70 souls” Shemos 1:5 There was once an idolater who approached Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korcha and asked him “it says in your Torah (Shemos 23:2) ‘you shall follow the majority.’ We idolaters are more numerous than you Jews, why do you not join together with us, […]

A Torah thought on Parshas Vayishlach by Rabbi Elchanan Shoff As featured on Shabbat.com     In Parshas Vayishlach, the Torah tells us of Yaakov’s meeting with a man in the dead of night, with whom he fights until daybreak. He was heading back to retrieve some of his last little household objects when a […]