by Rabbi | Dec 23, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Summary of the Torah portion Miketz – we read about the rise of Yosef and the economic re-structuring of Egypt, transforming the Egyptian people in serfs to Pharaoh. The portion ends in the middle of the confrontation between Yosef and his brothers, when the brothers...
by Rabbi | Dec 16, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Summary: We begin the cycle of Yosef, and this cycle takes over the rest of the book of Genesis. Yaakov settles (vayeshev) with all his family and is clear about his preference for Yosef. Yosef has dreams of greatness, his brothers are envious and plot to kill him,...
by Rabbi | Dec 9, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Vayishlach proposes an interesting change in our ancestor Yaakov (Jacob). Yaakov has a name that is not really a honorable one. In the two moments when the name is explained to us, readers, the text first points out the need to supplant his brother, clinging to his...
by Rabbi | Sep 9, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Summary: Ki Tetze continues the second speech of Moshe. According to the Sefer Hachinuch Ki Tetze contains 74 mitzvot, more than any other parashah, which is 12% of all of the 613 mitzvot in the Torah. Maimonides discounts two mitzvot from that total, and gives us...
by Rabbi | Sep 8, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog, Uncategorized
Ekev Triennial 10:12-15 – 11:22-25 The parashah tells of the blessings of obedience to God, the dangers of forgetting God, and directions for taking the Land of Israel. Moses recalls the making and re-making of the Tablets of Stone, the incident of the Golden...
by Rabbi | Aug 5, 2022 | Rabbi's Blog
Devarim Triennial: 2:31-3:22 // Ishaiahu 1:1-27 // Shabbat Hazon == There is a special name for this Shabbat, which is Shabbat Hazon, the Shabbat of the vision. The vision is the vision of our haftarah, the first vision of the book of Isaiah, of the destruction of...
