This week’s Parsha, VaYera, describes a most unlikely “debate” between Hashem and Avraham Avinu. Our first reaction must be one of astonishment. How can such a thing be possible? The knowledge of ...

Bnei Yisrael were about to enter Eretz Yisrael. They had high hopes, but naturally, they had great fears as well. Would they be successful at conquering, settling, and developing the land? Would they ...

Hashem put the world He created in man’s hands. He fashioned man in His own image and gave him the ability and responsibility to harness and drive the world (Bereishit 1:26-28). He imbued us with ...

Interestingly, another medrash (Kohelet Rabbah 7:19) uses the same formulation (“kol mah she’bara”) in a (seemingly) very different way. It explains that when Hashem showed the world to Adam HaRishon, ...