I find it challenging to relate to Yitzchak The only one of the three forefathers never to leave Israel, he doesn't do much of anything, instead, he just lives his life copying his father Avraham. My friend frames it well, she says "Avraham dug a well, and ... Yitzchak digs the exact same well." He sounds a bit nebish, like a bit of a nobody. But then we consider the whole Akeidat Yitzchak scene. Recently I was teaching some chanichim about the episode, and I took them around

'Tis the season for melancholy Fa la la la la, la la, la, laaaa. 'Twas the week before exams, and all throughout town, all the millennials were complaining, with a hmph and a frown' Yes, exams season is upon us, and it feels exactly like a certain festival of a certain other Abramic religion. But instead of spending time with our family, we retract like hermits and don't see them for weeks. Instead of 12 days of happy lead-up, complete with advent calendars, we are stuck wit

Alrighty, So it’s that time of the week again when Eitan sends out our favourite email but instead, you got me so good luck. This week's Parsha looks at the cause of the great flood and aftermath and contains a depiction of the absolute idiocracy of the human race. It discusses men having two wives, one for the purpose of having children and the other for purposes of entertainment. It discusses the absolute carnage that society was in due to the disorder and violence that had

Look to your left, You’ll see a snake, it’s long body extends down from a hole in the roof you never noticed before. Tilt your head to the left and see it tilt its head with you. Tilt your head to the right, it follows “Bite the apple, Eve” “My name’s not Eve” you want to reply, but the sudden weight in your hand stops you, you look down to see a plump red apple, shining in your hand. “Bite the apple, Eve” the snake teases you You want to tell it that it's not an apple, that