Parshas Shemos: Yaakov the Successful Parent

A סִפְרִי re: Yaakov refraining from chastising his sons out of fear they will defect to "Eisav" - The "vengeful meshumad "in Jewish History

Haftarah VaYechi: David, Solomon, Joab the problem of getting the right kind of subordinates

Some thoughts about שִׂנְאַת חִינָם in Jewish History

Parshas VaYechi: What was the “Acharis HaYamim” that Yaakov wanted to reveal to his sons?

The Fast of the Ninth of Teves and the Toldos Yeshu

The Israel-Somaliland Connection: Why is this so controversial?

Parshas VaYigash: Not saying dumb things that will hurt the Jewish People

Haftarah Parshas VaYigash: The vision of grafting the two trees together

Greece under the Metaxas Regime and a Siddur from 1941

Parshas VaYigash: Was Joseph actually the VICEROY, the ruler of Egypt? Or czar of the economy?

Final Chanukah 2025 Thoughts: וּלְךָ עָשִֽׂיתָ שֵׁם גָּדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ בְּעוֹלָמֶֽךָ

Another Apocryphal "Midrash" on the Chanukah Story, with interesting takes on the discovery of the jar of oil

Haftarah Shabbos Chanukah: The Vision of Zachariah and its relevance to Chanukah

Parshas Mikeitz: Yosef, the first "Court Jew"

Chanukah, the Maccabean Wars, and the Civil wars in Seleucid Syria

Some thoughts on the Chanukah Story and its historiosophical relation to גָּלוּת יָוָן

Some thoughts on today 24 Kislev and its famous prophecy in סֵפֶר חַגַּי (תְּרֵי עָשָׂר)

Parshas VaYeshev - Yaakov and Yosef "wake up," but too late!

How the Judith Story in the Apocrypha (or a different version of the story) entered orthodox rabbinic literature AND practice