Photo Credit: flicker.com/salvadhor Parashat Vayehi – Jacob’s End-of-Life Wisdom Reb Simcha Paull Raphael Ph.D. At the end of Genesis the life long journey of the illustrious patriarch Jacob comes to an end. Surrounded by his extended family, Jacob dies, he “was...
Photo Credit: Dr. Len Radin on Flickr The idea for this ritual came about when a comment was made that when a lit candle is used to light other candles, that first candle’s flame doesn’t diminish; rather each flame becomes whole unto itself. When we kindle lights, we...
Photo credit: Flicker/gingernut/63243658 Lessons Learned from Noah’s Ark: Let Your Inner Light Radiate to Others William Liss-Levinson, Ph.D. The Torah often vacillates between explicit details and leaving much to the imagination. God approaches Noach and tells him to...
VaYigash: Was It All A Foregone Conclusion? Rabbi Richard F. Address, D. Min. Vayigash is one of the great portions of Torah. The central scene is the revelation by Joseph to his brothers. It is a moment of Torah that is filled with drama, pathos and the reality that,...
www.flickr.com/photos/martynstarkey/2574668021/ Vayeshev: Settling Down, Never Stoppingby Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman Parshat Vayeishev begins by telling us that “Jacob settled in the land of Canaan.” Our commentator Rashi calls our attention to the very first word,...
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