Thoughts on the weekly parasha from an Internet pioneer

"At a time when so many new works on the parasha are merely repackagings of well-known vertlach (short Torah expositions), it is a pleasure to read pieces of such striking originality that bravely confront some of the knottiest and most intractable problems in the Torah."
-- The Jewish Observer

Rabbi Kornfeld is a pioneer in cyberspace -- one of the first Rabbis to use the Internet to spread Torah. From Johannesburg, South Africa to Lakewood, New Jersey and Seattle, Washington his weekly missives are eagerly awaited. He approaches each parasha (Torah portion) using a delightful medley of styles -- midrashic, philosophical, textual research Talmudic "pilpul," gematria, grammatical analysis -- all with an emphasis on true originality. Since 1993 Rabbi Kornfeld has been keeping up the hectic schedule of relaying weekly Torah insights by e-mail to thousands of subscribers on his Parasha-Page mailing list.

Both the beginner in Torah study and the most accomplished Torah scholar have been dazzled by Rabbi Kornfeld's original insights. But his originality is always grounded in traditional commentators, who have been extracting the hidden sweetness of the Torah for thousands of years. Whenever possible, he quotes all source material, and often adds brilliant elucidations to the thoughts of his predecessors. With the emergence of the Web and e-mail, Rabbi Kornfeld has been able to reach thousands who would have never had access to this sort of discussion. Until now, however, his unique Parasha-Page has been unavailable to those not yet connected to the Web. In this volume, his Parasha Pages have been gathered together for the very first time.

Find out what thousands of people on the Internet have been reading since 1993 -- original and thoughtful insights on the Torah from cyberspace pioneer Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld!

Join the rest of the online world and read his fascinating parasha essays.

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Author: Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld
Softcover | 7.25" x 9" | 320 pages | 1-880582-23-6