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Parashat: Shemot Torah Reading: Exodus 1:1–6:1 “The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw how beautiful he was, she hid him for three months.” — Exodus 2:2 There are moments in life so good and so beautiful that we want to rush out and shout them from the rooftops, sharing them with Continue Reading »
Parashat: Vayechi Genesis 47:28–50:26 So [Israel] blessed them that day, saying, “By you shall Israel invoke blessings, saying: God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. — Genesis 48:20 As we come to the conclusion of the book of Genesis, we find Jacob (now Israel) on his deathbed, preparing to Continue Reading »
Parashat: Vayigash Torah Reading: Genesis 44:18–47:27 “’For how can I [Judah] go home to my father without the lad [Benjamin], and thus see the harm my father will suffer?’” — Genesis 44:34 These are the final words of Judah’s soliloquy to the man he thought was only Pharoah’s Number 2, rather than his brother, Joseph. Continue Reading »
Parashat: Miketz Torah Reading: Numbers 7:24–35 “So B’nei Yisrael (the sons of Israel) came to purchase (grain) in the midst of all of the others who had come to purchase, for there was famine throughout the land of Canaan.” — Genesis 42:5 In this week’s parshah, Miketz, for the very first time we find the Continue Reading »
Parashat: Vayeshev Torah Reading: Genesis 37:1–40:23 “And Adonai was with Joseph and he was a successful man…” — Genesis 39:2 In more observant settings, a quote is often said when we’re hoping to do or make something happen: b’ezrat Hashem. Quite literally translated as “with God’s help,” the idea is that divine assistance aids us Continue Reading »
Parashat: Vayishlach Genesis 32:4–36:43 “Said [the angel]: Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with beings divine and human and prevailed.” — Genesis 32:29 On the precipice of a reunion with his brother Esau, Jacob is filled with anxiety. He has divided his family up into smaller groups fearing Continue Reading »
