Parsha

Parshat Vayigash:

How to Maintain Jewish Identity

One can not help but thank G-d for the Jewish homeland which preserves our status as a “Great Nation”.

What is motivation?

Weekly Torah Study: Shelach.

When Should I Make Aliyah?

How Can Jews Know When to Return to Israel? (Vayeitze 2020)

Baruch Gordon looks at the Vayeitze Torah Reading to deduct when's the right time to return to the Land of Israel in modern times.

Swapping Land for Peace

The Torah's Position on Land Concessions for Peace (Vayeira)

What is the Torah's stand on swapping land for peace? A classic commentator lays down a principle based on the Abraham/Avimelech agreement.

Judaism Starts With Israel

Judaism Starts With the Land of Israel

In this week's Torah reading, we discover where Judaism starts...

Isn't Sukkot supposed to be happy?

If Sukkot is the Festival of Happiness, why do we read on Megilat Kohelet, which seems to be a very depressing book?

Jump at the Israel Opportunity (Ha'azinu 2020)

In this 3-min. video, Baruch Gordon answers the question, "If Moshe didn't merit to enter the Land of Israel, why should we?"

Talking Parsha: This Will Be The Best Year!

Rosh Hashanah, the day of judgment, is followed by the 10 days of Tshuva (repentance). Shouldn't it be the other way around?

What's the one thing you need most?

This week the Torah teaches us the key ingredient to living our lives and serving G-d, without it, everything else falls apart

Ramifications of Diaspora Life

The Spiritual Ramifications of Living in the Diaspora

The Torah’s message about living in the Diaspora is chilling...

Good and bad are a matter of perspective

What is the difference between the students of Abraham and the students of Bilam? And what are the three levels of having a 'good eye?'

Who is the Korach of our day?

Korach asked a good question: If the whole nation is holy, why are only priests allowed in the Temple? The answer has implications today.

Meat eater? Pack up for Israel

Meat eater? Pack up for Israel! (Shmini 2020)

Baruch Gordon deduces from the Torah reading why you're better off eating meat in Israel than in the Diaspora.

The Morality of Our Conquest

The Morality of Israeli Conquest - Is Killing Inhabitants Moral?

#EasyToDigestDvarTorah #RabbiWhoDoesntRamble  How it can be "moral" for the Jews to enter Canaan, kill its inhabitants and call it home?

Sneak-peek: Video from weekly parsha e-newsletter

Recently launched parsha e-list reaches thousands. Check out a sneak-peek of the content, exclusively shared with Arutz Sheva readers!

Sneak-peek: Video from weekly parsha e-newsletter

Recently launched parsha e-list reaches thousands. Check out a sneak-peek of the content, exclusively shared with Arutz Sheva readers!

Sneak-Peek: Parsha Video

E-Newsletter Reveals Precisely How The Messiah Will Come

Recently launched parsha e-list reaches thousands. Check out a sneak-peek of the content, exclusively shared with Arutz Sheva readers!

Sneak-peek: Parsha video

Sneak-peek: Video from weekly parsha e-newsletter

Recently launched parsha e-list reaches thousands. Check out a sneak-peek of the content, exclusively shared with Arutz Sheva readers!

Sneak-Peek: New Parsha List

Sneak-Peek: New Weekly Parsha e-Newsletter

A new parsha e-list has reached thousands of readers less than a month and a half after its launch. Check out a sneak-peek of the content!

Even pigs have positive qualities

Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz from Yeshivat Sha'alvim on what we can learn from how Torah discusses pigs.

An ethic of altrusim

Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz explains what we can learn from the women's contribution to the Tabernacle.

'It is a well-known halakha that Esav hates Yaakov'

Parshat Toldot tells us rather explicitly why the Jews have suffered for over 2000 years.

Rabbi Dr. Richard Weiss Reflects on Parshat Balak

Rabbi Dr. Richard Weiss Rabbi of Young Israel of Hillcrest on this week's Parshat Balak.