by Rabbi | Dec 26, 2025 | Rabbi's Blog
Parshat Vayigash Summary: Vayigash,” means “And he approached”. This is Yehudah approaching Yosef to plead for the release of Binyamin, offering himself as a slave to the Egyptian ruler in Binyamin’s stead. When he sees this demonstration of loyalty...
by Rabbi | Dec 19, 2025 | Rabbi's Blog
Miketz – summary Yosef interprets Pharaoh’s dreams of seven fat cows and seven thin cows, predicting seven years of abundance followed by seven years of famine. Pharaoh appoints Yosef as viceroy of Egypt, and Yosef stores grain during the abundant years. When...
by Rabbi | Dec 7, 2025 | Rabbi's Blog
Welcome and Shabbat Shalom. Thank you all for coming to share this special day with me. My parashah is Vayishlach. You could say Vayishlach is basically the original WWE episode of the Torah. Jacob — or Yaakov — is on his way home, stressed out because his twin...
by Rabbi | Nov 28, 2025 | Rabbi's Blog
Vayetze – thick of Yaakov’s cycle. The famous dream of the stairs to heaven, marriages, children – 12 out of 13, flight from Lavan’s house after 20 years. Our portion opens with Yaakov fleeing into the wilderness – alone, afraid, going into exile, leaving his...
by Rabbi | Oct 5, 2025 | Rabbi's Blog
When Moshe stands before Israel and declares in Deuteronomy 32:39, “See now that I, I am He, and there is no god beside Me,” Moshe is revealing something profound about the nature of reality itself. The verse begins with an unusual doubling: “I, I am...
by Rabbi | Oct 5, 2025 | Rabbi's Blog
Haazinu – God is one In the arc of the story, Moshe is giving his parting words to Bnei Israel. Haazinu is one of the last poems in the Torah. It is as if Moshe realizes he has to appeal to our emotions, too, not just our brains. == In Parshat Ha’azinu, Moses...
