“They called Rebecca and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.” (Genesis 24:58) The Torah is typically parsimonious with words, so why … Continued
Archives for November 2016
Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24)
“Avraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur.” (Genesis 20:1) If “honesty is the best policy” why does God fudge the … Continued
Parashat Lekh Lekha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)
“And Abram moved his tent and came an dwelled in the plains of Mamrei which are in Hebron; and he built there an altar to Adonai.” (Genesis 13:18) In Parashat … Continued
A View From Jerusalem – November 2016
New Beginnings Today, exactly 76 years ago, on the 10th of the Hebrew month of Heshvan 1940 the Nazi government issued the order to gather all Jews in Warsaw into … Continued
Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32)
“Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came, waters upon the earth.” (Genesis 7:6) Yehuda Kurzer (President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America) says we read … Continued