by susan-adm1n | Dec 12, 2021 | Midrash HaZak
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...
by susan-adm1n | Dec 1, 2021 | Midrash HaZak
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...
by susan-adm1n | Nov 29, 2021 | Midrash HaZak
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,...
by susan-adm1n | Nov 23, 2021 | Midrash HaZak
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,...
by susan-adm1n | Nov 17, 2021 | Midrash HaZak
By Francesco Hayez – The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152649 Vayishlach: What Do We Wrestle With? by...
by susan-adm1n | Nov 8, 2021 | Midrash HaZak, Uncategorized
Parashat Va-yetze: Leaving Home Rabbi Stephen Lewis Fuchs “And he left,” ויצא (Genesis 28:10) “And Jacob left,” home. As I look back over my life, and the life and career of our patriarch Jacob, the day we each left home marked pivotal turning points in our lives....
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