Vayetze
Can You Ever Please a Narcissist?How did our patriarch Yaakov finally separate himself from his abusive father-in-law Lavan? What can we learn from this story…
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…
Chayei Sarah
Getting Off of the Emotional RollercoasterThe Sfas Emes explains that the greatness of Sarah our Matriarch is that no matter what was going on in…
Toldos
See No EvilRashi says that Yitzchak became blind from the smoke of the idolatrous incense of Eisav's wives. Why did the smoke…