Free Will or Predestination
by Rabbi Zev Leff"And the children clashed within her." (Genesis 25:22) Whenever she passed the entrances to the House of Study of Eber, Jacob struggled to exit, ...
Remembering the Day of Death
by Rabbi Zev Leff"Sarah died in Kiryat Arba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to eulogize Sarah and bewail her." (Genesis 23:2) Rabbi ...
Value of a Friend's Advice
by Rabbi Zev LeffShould one seek the advice of a friend who is beneath him?
Breaking the idols
by Rabbi Zev Leff"Abram took Sarai his wife and his nephew Lot, and all their wealth that they had amassed, and the people they had acquired in Charan; and they ...
Perfection of Character
by Rabbi Zev Leff"And as for Me - Behold I am about to bring the floodwaters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which there is a breath of life under the ...
What's "In the Beginning"?
by Rabbi Zev Leff"In the beginning of God's creating the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1) Rebbe Yitzhak said: "It was not necessary to begin the Torah [here], ...
