Today, 24 Elul, is the 75th yahrtzeit of R' Yisroel Meir haCohen Kagan, known as "the Chofetz Chaim".

In honor of R' Yisroel Salanter זצ״ל, on his 125^th Yartzeit.

The existential battle between Ya'akov and Eisav that has colored much of our history began in the womb, as the possuk says, ויתרצצו הבנים בקרבה - ".. and the children struggled within her [Rivka]". ¹

R' S.R. Hirsch says that the word "Torah" comes from the root ho-ra'ah, or teaching. Ostensibly, the Torah is a book of laws. If so, why is so much - the entire Sefer B'reishis - spent on the history of the world?

בס״ד

Today is the 7th day of Adar, which our tradition tells us is the Yahrtzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu (our teacher, Moses).