Saturday, December 08, 2018

Safeguard My Son: Why Only Judah Can Serve as Benjamin's Protector

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A local rabbi asks questions about the parsha (Torah section that is read aloud in synagogue) each week. This week he asked why Jacob was wi...
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Thursday, September 27, 2018

What Moses Can Teach Us About Brett Kavanaugh

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The biblical prophet Moses was no stranger to cruel allegations. Slanderous accusations were made about him, the most glaring of which sugge...
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Monday, August 13, 2018

929-Genesis 21: Hagar, Bilam and Opening One's Eyes

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Since I am behind on my learning, I am just going to share a short thought on this perek in an effort to catch up. If anyone's intereste...

929-Genesis 20: Behold God's Justice- When Men are Angels, Sisters are Wives & Slaves are God's Chosen

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When I learned this perek at other times, I typically thought about it through the lens of the individual. I wondered why Abraham would reso...
Thursday, August 09, 2018

929- Genesis 19: Family Values

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I've written about Lot at various points on my blog. One piece is about how we actually ought to have a great deal of respect for the...
Tuesday, August 07, 2018

929- Genesis 18- The Auditory God

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We live in a visual culture. The aphorism "a picture speaks a thousand words" is well known. Especially today, with our emphasis o...

929- Genesis 17- Blood Parity

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I read Rabbi Alex Israel's commentary on the English 929 website today, and it made me realize something I never had before. Specificall...
Monday, August 06, 2018

929- Genesis 16- Our Matriarch Sarah, Worthy of Compassion

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This is the chapter where our Matriarch Sarah is generally viewed in a negative light. She is certainly viewed this way by today's socia...