Rabbi David Sabato
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Perek 40 begins the last section of the book, which deals with the vision of the future temple and the borders of the land inheritances of the tribes...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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This psalm, with its two halves, deals with the fundamental values of man's life, with his most basic existential needs: a roof over his head, a city to...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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A new interpretation of the word “shena” means the honor that God gives His beloved. In the context of the psalm, this should be understood as the success...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Yosef finds favour while he is a slave in Egypt - in Potiphar’s house, and in jail. The text emphasizes again and again how God is helping Yosef. But if...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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The classical commentators, along with most modern scholars, understand the word “shena” as though it ended with a ‘heh’ instead of an ‘alef’ – in other...
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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What is the significance of Yosef's interpretation of the butler and the baker's dreams? We can understand the importance of the interpretation of the...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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The building of a house lasts for a limited time. When the action is complete, the house stands firm, and its inhabitant has satisfied his existential...
Rabbi David Sabato
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In perakim 38-39 we find the prophecy of the war of Gog from the land of Magog, known more familiarly as the "War of Gog and Magog". This prophecy closes...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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It is not possible that it is the intention of the first two stanzas to nullify the value of man’s efforts to build his house and to protect the security...
Rabbi David Sabato
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Perek 36 begins with words of consolation and redemption for the land and continues with a description of the redemption for the nation. The description...
