Bereishis

Breshis:
Lessons from Chava - How to Live A Successful Jewish Life

The Meaningful Life - As Indirectly Taught by Adam and Eve

Man's Purpose - Eden Ideal and Beyond Eden
Cain and Hevel's 'Conversation'
Maximizing Our Time on Earth - Looking at Chanokh and Lemekh
Making the Most of Life - The immediate aftermath of Gilad Shalit's return to Israel

How Humans Are Wired + Rejection of the Nachash
The Crouching Sin - what sin plagues the Jewish people in this generation?
Cain's Shidduch Crisis

Chanokh, Who Made the Most of His Years
An "Ezer" Against Him - on husbands, wives and marital spats
What We Know From Bereishis

Noach:
Proverbial Noach - How We Are to Live Our Lives

The ONLY Tzaddik in His Generation

Light Comes From Different Sources
120 Years For Teshuvah (and no more!)
"Noach's Waters"??
Colors of the Rainbow
Canaan Son of Cham
Disperson of bavel - Rabbi Mordechai Breuer

Achdus - The Ups and Downs of "Unity"
Human Goals... Are they for the birds?
Looking Out For Myself - lessons from the thought process of Dor Hapalaga
In Defense of Noach

Noach Contemplates the New World Before Hin
The Torah Approves of Capital Punishment for Murderers
Envisioning a New World
Love CAN Overcome Differences (In families where someone goes OTD + For Israel and Its Neighbors)

Lekh Lekha:
Avraham's Age When Discovering God

Avraham and Prayer

Getting the Hint to Grow our Nation - With Tefillah (an added conclusion to an older idea)
Being Courteous and Respectful - A Motto for Life (addresses disappearance of הנפש אשר עשו בחרן)
"Now I Know"...? Where have you been?
Avraham in Canaan and Egypt - with LOTs of Questions = what was Nephew Lot's role in all of this?
Lot's Tarnished Legacy - And How to Avoid It

The Canaanites Were in the Land - Avraham in a Land Not (Yet) His Own
Waking From Slumber: Comparing Adam to Avraham
Lot's Failures - The desire for sin which overwhelmed Lot and defined his legacy
Beating the Vultures
Sarai's Hope As a Lesson For Our Own Struggles

Avraham's Relationships and Sarai's Chamas (חמס)
The Covenant of Circumcision
When in An Argument...

Va'yera:
Avraham's Menu Planning - lessons in being like our forefather

Righteousness, Justice of a People and Their Land - The Biblical historical claims on land in the region of Israel
He Laughs, She Laughs - Why Avraham is to blame for all the laughter, a thought on the marriage relationship
Lot's Daughters
Not a Moment Earlier - On why Sodomites Were Not Killed until after Lot left
Egypt v Sodom - a Comparative View of Exodus
Prayer's Purpose
People Evolve - Thoughts on Relationship Building
Binding Our Children - a Kind of Sacrifice
What Was Yishmael Doing (to Yitzchak?)?

Yishmael's Actions and Yishmael's Future
Insecure Avimelekh and the Blame Game
Sarah, Mt. Moriah and Prayers for the future of our People

Age of Yitzchak at the Akedah
Akedah Redux - Always looking anew, trying to understand this incomprehensible story

Don't Read the Akedah in a Vacuum

Chayei Sarah:
Sarah's Death and How They View Dead Jews
Establishing a Rebirth in the Land - On Visiting Chevron and taking a stand

What Do You REALLY think? - On listening and empathy
Shidduch Criteria - Bigotry or Common Sense?
Ages of Sarah, Yitzchak, Rivkah
Growing to Love - Yitzchak Married, THEN Loved his Wife
Married With Children (for Toldos as well)
The Number 400 - Evil Eye or Messianic Redemption (relates to price of Me'aras Hamachpela)
Dependence Which Should Lead to Independence

Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Shidduch Resumes
A Time to Rebuild - more on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy (2012)
Avraham - the Prototype

Avraham's Last Big Move - A Lesson in Finding Tov (Good) in Life
The Years that Avraham LIVED
Inspired By Yishmael - most notably his post child rearing choices

Avraham's Concubines and Their Children

Toldos:
Prayer of the Righteous Must Come From the Most Humble Place
Seeking God in Traumatic Times - Lessons from Rivkah, The first Baalat Teshuvah!

When Identical Twins are Different - A Study in Contrasts

What Triggers the Best of Choices - a study in making important decisions for oneself

In Defense of Yaakov's Purchase of the Bechora
Eisav's Attitude in Selling the Birthright (Compared to Yaakov's in Stealing the Blessings)
But You HATE Me - a Utopian vision for peace in the Land of Israel (posted after the terrorist attack in a synagogue in Har Nof, November 2014)
Making Peace - Aftermath of Har Nof synagogue massacre (November 2014)

Moving Past Hatred
Jealousy... of What? - Musings about Jew-hatred, an age-old conundrum
This Land is NOT Your Land, This Land is My Land - why EVERYONE was a stranger in Gerar
Beer ShEva or Beer ShAva

Well, You Never Know - on ALL the uncertainties life presents us
Good Parenting Job? Not so easy...
How Tensions Resolve Themselves
Who Said "HaKol Kol Yaakov"
The "Stolen" Blessings
Veterans Day 2018 sermon - How Tensions Ease - 3 Ingredients to Finding Peace

Vayetze:
Does he have Peace? "Peace..." - the simplest way to get along with someone you find disagreeable
Meet Leah, The Hated Wife

The Beautiful and Beloved Imahot

Bilhah and Zilpah: Wives of Yaakov, (Mothers of Bnei Yisrael)
Rachel's Struggles and Rachel's Cries

The Tragedy of Leah Imeinu Being Barren and Unwanted
Yaakov and Lavan - Son-in-Law and Father-in-Law
Not Responsible for "Lies"
A Non Trivial Pursuit - How Lavan Chased Yaakov (compared to Paroh)
When We Name Our Children - Boys and Girls

"I Shall Give Thanks to Hashem" - Leah's naming of her children and Thanksgiving
Lavan's Children and Their Ages
Lashon Hora - Some Dos and Don'ts (after leaving Yaakov, never speaks of Lavan in the negative)
When Enemies Make Real Peace - IDF Military Action to Gaza and the age-old Lavan v Yaakov fight
Shimon - Flawed Tribe (also for Vayishlach, Vayeshev, Miketz, Vaychi)
Thanksgiving of the Forefathers (sermon)
Yaakov's Thanksgiving Meals (shorter version of previous)

Vayishlach:
Of Faith (And Animals) - How Yaakov's Gift to Eisav may have demonstrated a lack of faith
Another View of Eisav's 400 Men (and why he never intended to attack Yaakov)
Fear of the Unknown - why Yaakov overhyped his encounter with Eisav

He Was Afraid - and it Distressed Him

When the Going Gets Tough, Do the Tough Split?
Vayishakehu - What Happened When Eisav and Yaakov Met?
Reuven and Bilhah - Husband/Wife, Father/Son
The Music of Katonti
But the Children... - "the" excuse for some of the choices we make
Finding Silver Linings - lots of negative stories, yet still much to be grateful or happy for...
Thanking God Even When the Going Gets Really Rough
Milah L'Shem Shamayim only please

במרמה - With Trickery or Wisdom?

The Pain of the People of Shechem

Coming of Age Properly - parenting lessons from Yaakov Avinu
Shimon - Flawed Tribe (also for Vayetze, Vayeshev, Miketz, Vaychi)
Rachel's Death - Tragedy Beyond Words

Death of Devorah

Vayeshev:
Humility - a Theme of Vayeshev

Honest Hatred and a Roadmap for Peace

The First Conspiracy Theory - Was Yosef Setup?
Yosef the Ruler v Yosef the Brother - good guy or bad guy?
Searching For A Brother
The Inspiring Righteousness of Yosef Ha'Tzaddik"
Right, Wrong and Moral Justifications - a thought on the time and place for publishing R-rated materials
Yehuda and Tamar - an odd tale

A Tale of Two Women

Who is To Blame When People Die? - an Er and Onan Analysis
Yichud - Societal Problem with a Real-World Solution
Of Butler(s) and Baker(s)
Having a Role in Others' Dreams
Shimon - Flawed Tribe (also for Vayetze, Vayishlach, Miketz, Vaychi)
Filling the Emptiness with Inspiration

Dreams - It's a Numbers Game

Miketz:
The Power of Elokim, Who Runs the World

Blame Game - Taking Responsibility for our own indiscretions
Dreaming and Rising to the Top - Yosef figures out his own dreams to help Pharaoh figure out his
Why the Book (in its Original Form) is Better than the Movie and the Translation - an insight into Yosef and Paroh getting old business off the table before discussing Paroh's dreams
Paroh finds a soulmate in Yosef
How Old Was Yosef's Pharaoh?
Yosef's Kallah and Shver - Poti Phera and Asenath

At First Sight - How did Pharaoh know Yosef's was the correct interpretation?
Yosef's Strategy - Family Not Dreams

Identifying the Source that a Minyan is Ten Men
Pre ReUnion - Premonitions of Jewish History - past and future

When Things Are Beyond Our Control?
"Put the Money in Their Bags"
Shimon - Flawed Tribe (also for Vayetze, Vayishlach, Vayeshev, Vaychi)

Yosef Lifts His Eyes - To see what?

Vayigash:
True Repentance = No More Need for Apology
Did Yaakov Know Yosef Was Alive? (Possibly, and if YES, what he mourned for is still heartbreaking)
Are We Any Different Than the Jews who lived in Egypt?
Some mini vorts
"Is My Father Still Alive?" - Yosef's neverending concern for his father
Yom Kippur Moments - When the Defense Falls Apart - or there is no defense
B'Terem - Drama of Immediacy - with wishes of good health for those in the second half of life

Binyamin Favored? Orchestrating What Is Right
What Yaakov Feared - the silent fear that plagues many Jewish parents
Bringing the Children Along - Raising children includes going against what they want

Interpreting Yosef's Putting His Hands on Yaakov's Eyes
Death - the Theme of Vayigash? - A sermon in the aftermath of the Newtown, CT school shooting of 12/2012

Yaakov, Pharaoh, Age, and Life Expectancy

What's Up with Goshen?
Inside Scoop of God's Plans - what Yosef did not share with Paroh when he interpreted his dream
And Yaakov Didn't Believe Them (The Debate is Settled Lie) - a sermon

Vaychi:
The Son and the Grandsons - Yaakov meets Ephraim and Menashe for the last time
The Box in Which Yosef Was Placed

Yaakov Prepares - Even Before His Final Illness
The Difference Between the Torah's Usage of "Yisrael" and "Yaakov"

Yisrael and Yaakov - Round 2
Each of us is Yaakov AND Yisrael - Round 3?

My Sword and My Bow - on Yaakov's conquer of Shechem
The Bracha to Naftali
You Go, and You Go Too - Yaakov instructed Yosef to tend to his funeral, then instructed his other sons as well
Making Up Stories - The recalling of Yaakov's "final words" to Yosef
The Power of a Kiss

Yaakov and His End of Life Decisions
Death With Dignity - The Frum, Jewish Way

Sin is Not Recognizing True Diversity
Shimon - Flawed Tribe (also for Vayetze, Vayishlach, Vayeshev, Miketz)