Archive: November 2025

Parashat: Chayei Sarah

Posted on November 12, 2025

Parashat: Chayei Sarah Torah Reading: Genesis 23:1–25:18 “And Rebecca raised her eyes and she saw Isaac — and she fell off of the camel.” — Genesis 24:64 Though often mocked mercilessly, in recent history, the romance genre generated more than $1.44 billion in revenue, with approximately 51 million units sold in the US market over Continue Reading »

Parashat: Vayera

Posted on November 5, 2025

Parashat: Vayera Genesis 18:1–22:24 “‘Let me fetch a morsel of bread that you may refresh yourselves; then go on — seeing that you have come your servant’s way.’ They replied, ‘Do as you have said.’ Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, ‘Quick, three seahs of choice flour! Knead and make cakes!’ Then Continue Reading »

Parashat: Lech-Lecha

Posted on October 29, 2025

Parashat: Lech-Lecha Torah Reading: Genesis 12:1–17:27 “God said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.’” — Genesis 12:1 Abram, called by God to depart from his home in Haran, begins his journey to the land of Canaan with these words. There Continue Reading »

Parashat: Noach

Posted on October 23, 2025

Parashat: Noach Torah Reading: Numbers 28:1–15 “And they said, ‘Come, let us build us a city, and a tower with its top in the sky, to make a name for ourselves; else we shall be scattered all over the world.’” — Genesis 11:4   The Torah portion (Noach) this Shabbat contains the story of the Continue Reading »

Parashat: Bereshit

Posted on October 12, 2025

Parashat: Bereshit Torah Reading: Deuteronomy Genesis 1:1-6–8 “And on the seventh day, God ceased all of the work which God had made and God rested on the seventh day from all of the work that God had made, and God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because on it God rested from all of Continue Reading »

Parashat: Festival Reading

Posted on October 8, 2025

Parashat: Festival Reading Exodus 33:12–34:26 [Moses] said, “Oh, let me behold Your Presence!” And [God] answered, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim before you the name יהוה, and the grace that I grant and the compassion that I show,” continuing, “But you cannot see My face, for a Continue Reading »