Divrei Torah Blogs

 In this week's Torah portion, Yitro, we have one of the earliest instances of a management consultant: Moses' father-in-law Yitro giving advice on delegating and choosing leaders.
Read More »

 In this week's talk, I was aiming for a "Two Minute Torah."  This one is three minutes.  I'm not sure whether to say, "what the heck, it's only a minute, close enough!"  Or "wow, missed the target by 50%!" The question I discuss this week is whether God hardening Pharaoh's heart is a violation...
Read More »

 For this week, I tried my hand at doing a video version of my d'var Torah. The text version is available at the Americans for Peace Now web site, click here to read it. Please leave comments if you like the video format.  I'm sure production values would improve with more practice. Reb Barry
Read More »

If you could take a pill that would make you happy all the time, would you take it? An Israeli neuroscientist, Moran Cerf, has discovered how to trigger different areas of the brain to elicit emotions without any external stimulus. In an article in Haaretz he said, “The purpose of the research is to...
Read More »

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manashe; For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house. And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. ...Genesis chapter 41:51-52 Is it such...
Read More »

Adapted from a talk I gave at the opening of the Human Rights Beit Midrash at Hebrew University. And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, to you will I give it, and...
Read More »