Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi

What if someone could tell you your future—would knowing it help you live better today? A surprising encounter at a Laniado Hospital dinner, a family story from India in 1948, and an astrological recording made for my...

  “It’s not easy not knowing where you’re going!” Those were the unforgettable words of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the legendary Rosh Yeshiva of Mir, as he reflected upon HaShem’s command to Avraham Avinu: “Lech...

  THE RAINBOW — WHEN HEAVEN PUT DOWN ITS BOW Parashat Noaḥ  We see a rainbow and marvel at its beauty. But the Torah tells us that this magnificent display of colors is actually a reminder of the destruction...

  THE LIGHT BEYOND THE LIGHT — THE SECRET OF SHABBAT CANDLES   Why do we light two small Shabbat candles when our dining rooms are already brilliantly illuminated by chandeliers and electric lights? What are...

  Three Lives, Two Storms, and One Extraordinary Second Chance   Thursday Morning Breakfast & Class | October 15, 2026   What if the stories of Noaḥ and the Flood, Yonah HaNavi and the great fish, and...

  BEFORE THE FIRST MITZVAH — Why the Torah Begins with People   If the Torah is our book of mitzvot, why does it begin with stories? The first Rashi explains why we need the account of creation—but why not...

 In our Tuesday morning Safra Class, three years after October 7, we step back from the individual headlines and ask a larger question: What happens when we stop looking at each event separately and begin looking...

  This morning at Breakfast & Class, we went back to the very beginning—to the first two verses of the Torah. God creates heaven and earth, and yet almost immediately we encounter tohu vavohu : chaos and emptiness...

  What does it really mean when the Torah describes itself as “Esh Dat Lamo” — a Torah of fire ? As we reach the final words of the Torah on Simḥat Torah, we discover a remarkable tradition surrounding the Baal...

  BRING IT BACK TO THE HEART   The Secret of the Lulav, the Circle, and Hoshana Rabbah   What would a stranger think walking into synagogue on Sukkot morning? A room full of intelligent, serious people...

  Why did the greatest sages of Israel dance through the night over a pitcher of ordinary water? Why were there fifteen steps in the Beit HaMikdash, fifteen Shir HaMa’alot , and five days between Yom Kippur—the...

  Step Into the Cloud   What exactly are we entering when we walk into the sukkah? The Torah tells us to remember the Ananei HaKavod , the Clouds of Glory—but why commemorate the clouds rather than the manna...

  Everyone in the tavern thought Yankel was the town fool. Night after night, they offered him a choice: a twenty-dollar bill, a ten, a five, or one shiny silver dollar. And every night, to their enormous...

  Can a judgment that has already been made be reconsidered? Rosh Hashanah has passed. The books have been opened. Yom Kippur is approaching. And perhaps we wonder: if the judgment has already been written, what...

  We spent Rosh Hashanah in Givot Eden, and what was supposed to be a short two-day trip through northern Israel somehow became a journey filled with enough stories for weeks. Most of that was because of my wife...