Simchas Avraham

A person can be one person one second, and just by a mere thought make a total 180.

Miriam convinced Amram to remarry Yocheved after originally divorcing her. When Amram decided that was the correct thing to do, it was a real psak he made due to the circumstances. But Miriam made him look at the situation differently, thus overturning the psak.

Moshe Rabbeinu achieved what his purpose was. He reached such a level, that it was second nature to him. There wasn’t even a second thought.

Exploring the sources and reasons for saying Chazak at the end of a Chumash, and the message behind it.

Just as Yaakov Avinu hasn’t died in essence, so too, we also won’t till we get to our homeland.

When one davens, there’s a certain power that one has with even a slightest amount of energy to have major implications. Of course, the more the energy, the more the effect.

Strictly speaking, we don’t fast erev shabbos. The one exception is Asara B’Teves. Why? Because sometimes you need to make sure the situation doesn’t get worse.

When Yosef and Binyamin met up after so many years they both cried. But the crying was for something much more meaningful than not seeing each other.

Chanukah is more than the physical activity of lighting the menorah. It’s about thanking HKB”H for that took place.

There could possibly be a difference what the main moment we’re celebrating. Accordingly, this might answer the famous question of the Beis Yosef.

Yehuda admitted that he had a relationship with Tamar, albeit unknowingly. That relationship produced the beginnings of Mashiach. Perhaps when a person admits to a wrongdoing, he can also have a personal “Mashiach.”

Yaakov Avinu teaches us how to stay steadfast being a Jew in a world filled with temptation.

The entire yom tov of Chanukah is based upon the miracle of the menorah staying lit for 8 days long. It wasn't about the miracle per se, rather it was that it showed how beloved we are in Hashem's eyes.

Rav Shimshon Pincus z”l gives us an insight as to how the principle of the matter that you don’t do some things, is worse than actually doing a terrible act.

We see a distinct difference between Lavan and Yaakov. When one is so steeped in his bad ways, a terrible wicked person won’t change even the tiniest bit in the presence of a great tzaddik.

Leah wasn’t the first person that gave thanks to Hashem, she was the first person that showed and gave thanks in a big way.

The Torah tells us that not only did Yaakov Avinu need to leave Be’er Sheva, he had to also go to Charan. They’re two independent things.

Yitzchak gave both Yaakov and Eisav a bracha. Although it seemed similar, it was vastly different.

We can learn from that which Yitzchak and Rivka davened how we can and should approach davening.

The names of each parsha aren’t irrelevant. They are very fundamental, and signify the core essence of every single one.

Chazal tells us that mincha has a uniqueness that the other tefillos don’t. Perhaps it’s due to the time of day it’s davened.

Even לבן & בתואל couldn’t deny the hashgacha that took place when Eliezer came to a wife for Yitzchak.

The Torah speaks at great length about the shidduch between Yitzchak and Rivka to show how every detail in a shidduch is of utmost significance.

Yitzchak was called by that name to show that after everything is said and done, laughter will reign for the good.

Rav Elyashiv zt’l & R Chaim Kanievsky zt’l teach us the real way to approach davening.