Parasha Insights

Babies are the worst roommates. They’re unemployed. They don’t pay rent. They keep insane hours. Their hygiene is horrible. If you had a roommate who did any of the things babies do, you’d ask them to move out. ‘Do you remember what happened last night? Today you’re all smiles, but last night you were hitting the bottle really hard. Then you started screaming, and you threw up on me. Then you passed out and wet yourself. I went into the other room to get you some dry clothes. I came back, and you made my entire bed dirty. Dude, you gotta move out. 

The scene in the Torah where Jacob takes Esau’s blessing is one of its most emotionally powerful moments. Jacob has j… Read More »

Mr. Burg, newly appointed to his post, once interrupted an all-night Knesset session to deliver an emotional eulogy for his colleague, Amnon Rubinstein. He even led the chamber in prayer. Moments later, the Knesset physician came running: “He’s alive! He’s not dead!”

Embarrassed, Burg explained it was a prank call. The funniest part? Rubinstein was watching the whole eulogy live from his hospital bed—and burst out laughing. “The news of my demise is slightly premature,” he joked. “We all have a secret wish to hear our own eulogy. When the day comes, I appoint Burg to deliver mine.”

This story highlights how easily we miss details—something quite different from the Torah… Read More »