Strictly speaking, we don’t fast erev shabbos. The one exception is Asara B’Teves. Why? Because sometimes you need to make sure the situation doesn’t get worse.

When Yosef and Binyamin met up after so many years they both cried. But the crying was for something much more meaningful than not seeing each other.

Chanukah is more than the physical activity of lighting the menorah. It’s about thanking HKB”H for that took place.

There could possibly be a difference what the main moment we’re celebrating. Accordingly, this might answer the famous question of the Beis Yosef.

Yehuda admitted that he had a relationship with Tamar, albeit unknowingly. That relationship produced the beginnings of Mashiach. Perhaps when a person admits to a wrongdoing, he can also have a personal “Mashiach.”

Yaakov Avinu teaches us how to stay steadfast being a Jew in a world filled with temptation.

The entire yom tov of Chanukah is based upon the miracle of the menorah staying lit for 8 days long. It wasn't about the miracle per se, rather it was that it showed how beloved we are in Hashem's eyes.

Rav Shimshon Pincus z”l gives us an insight as to how the principle of the matter that you don’t do some things, is worse than actually doing a terrible act.

We see a distinct difference between Lavan and Yaakov. When one is so steeped in his bad ways, a terrible wicked person won’t change even the tiniest bit in the presence of a great tzaddik.

Leah wasn’t the first person that gave thanks to Hashem, she was the first person that showed and gave thanks in a big way.