Posts in Sefer Bereishis

At the beginning of our parsha, Pharoah gathers all the magician sand wise men of Egypt in search of an interpretation of his dreams.  But[…]

I hate going to the optometrist.  I first began wearing glasses when I was five years old, and every year or so in that office[…]

One of the often overlooked components of giving first-rate Chanukah gifts is how we choose to wrap them.  That being said, gift wrapping has boomed[…]

In 2005, the hit show Mythbusters which attempts to prove or disprove common myths, tested the truth of a familiar proverb: a rolling stone gathers[…]

My wife and I spent last Shabbat in Teaneck with her family, and with my recently engaged brother in law and his fiancé present, all[…]

Since the birth of my daughter, I have learned that when people ask how old she is, the units are of utmost importance.  We begin[…]

The parsha begins with Avraham’s tremendous display of kindness, as he overcomes physical discomfort to warmly welcome three strangers and provide them with an extravagant[…]

In 2011, a team of three social psychologists published a remarkable discovery: listening to the Beatles song “When I’m Sixty-Four” can make a person younger. […]

I heard an interesting twist on an old classic. The Meshech Chochma points out from a Midrash that we often see characters in tanach evolve[…]

One of the annoyances of living in the New York area is the reality of everyday traffic.  At certain times of the day, you know[…]