Had Pharaoh not been afflicted by the sin of hubris, he would have wisely utilized this wonderful ability with humility and ...

Still others have the potential to achieve greatness in Torah knowledge, or temporal successes such as wealth or personal heroism. Jacob endeavored to match his blessings to what he perceived to ...

Q: We learned in this past week’s Torah portion, Parshat Vayechi, about Jacob’s blessings to his sons, and to Ephraim and Manasseh. From this, we see that blessings have power. But one could ...

Before continuing with the blessing, the Biblical narrative seems to go out of its way to mention that Jacob had trouble seeing. Jacob proceeds to kiss and hug his grandchildren and then ...

“Your Hebrew name?” the head of the yeshiva asked, pencil and paper poised to take it down for my aliyah, the honor of reciting Torah blessings. It was my third week at his school, a place ...

Judah, may his staff of authority reign For his kingship, worthy of blessing’s future gain. While Yissachar’s studies bring ethics to light, Dan denies all for himself and commits but to the ...

The Torah is not Sophocles ... The next chapter of your life can be full of blessings. You can be, in Wordsworth’s lovely phrase, “surprised by joy.” Every bad thing that has happened ...

merit abundant blessing in all their endeavors, and merit to see sons and daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, engaged in Torah and mitzvot. Through this, we will all merit ...