Beshallach: A Journey Through The Sea And Life

Beshallach: A Journey Through The Sea And Life

The Waters Are Divided (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot) Beshallach: A Journey Through The Sea And Life Rabbi Judith B. Edelstein, D.Min., BCC Beshallach (“When he let go”) refers to Pharaoh’s sending out the enslaved Israelites from Egypt. This parashah...
Shemot: And God Said, “Hineni”

Shemot: And God Said, “Hineni”

Photo credit: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/wNYxw Shemot: And God Said, “Hineni” By Cantor Lois Kittner I believe in miracles, and I believe in God, but the accepted translations and interpretations of common scenes in the Torah had made it...
Vayeshev: Settling Down, Never Stopping

Vayeshev: Settling Down, Never Stopping

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,...
Vayishlach: What Do We Wrestle With?

Vayishlach: What Do We Wrestle With?

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...
Vayetze: 50 Years Later

Vayetze: 50 Years Later

Marc Chagall, Jacob’s Dream, 1966. Nice, France This Shabbat marks 50 years since I read the haftarah for Vayetze at my Friday night bat mitzvah at B’nai Torah in Trumbull, CT. Where has the time gone? Who could have imagined that 50 years later I’d be a rabbi,...

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