4. Be kind to yourself. Speaking badly even about yourself is unethical.
הלכות שמירת הלשון And G-d said to Abram, “Go for yourself from your land…” (12:1) King Solomon tells us (Proverbs 20:7), “When the…
When G-d first spoke to Abraham and commanded him to leave his homeland and move to what would become known…
Avraham & Sara are forced to leave Canaan and go down to Egypt because there is a famine in Canaan.…
After humanity’s dispersion from the Tower of Babel, the original traditions of morality and monotheism were only preserved by select…
For the earth is filled with robbery through them. (6:13) Rashi explains that although the generation of the Great Flood…
Noah – Genesis Chapter 6:9 & 7:1 בְּרֵאשִׁית ט אֵלֶּה, תּוֹלְדֹת נֹחַ–נֹחַ אִישׁ צַדִּיק תָּמִים הָיָה, בְּדֹרֹתָיו: אֶת-הָאֱלֹהִים, הִתְהַלֶּךְ-נֹחַ. 9 These are the…
And the Lord said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to distinguish between the day and…
The Parasha starts by saying; “Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; and the days of Yaakov, the…
The Parasha starts by saying; “Yehuda approached him [Yosef] and said, ‘If you please, my lord, may your servant speak…
After Yosef revealed himself to his brothers, the Parasha recounts the emotions Yaakov faced when told: “They went up from…