Parshas Toldos 5787

Overview of the Parsha Twins are born after a long wait At the end of last week’s Torah portion, Isaac marries Rivka and they are determined to continue building the Jewish nation. Twenty years go by before Rivka finally conceives. She feels that something isn’t right with the baby inside her, so she seeks out

Now What? Processing the Elections from a Torah Lens

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I Can’t See You! Parshat Chayei Sarah 5787

Most of the biological information in this article was taken from the book The Body: A Guide for its Occupants by Bill Bryson If you want to see the live version of me, look me in the eyes. That’s pretty much the only part of me that you can see that is still alive, the

Parshat Chayei Sarah 5787

ספר בראשית פרק כג (א) וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה: 1) Sarah lived one hundred years, twenty years, and seven years; the years of Sarah’s life. 2. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Avraham came to eulogize Sarah and to cry

No One Sees Me…Parshas Vayers 5787

If I asked you to name the most important figures of the American Revolution, you would probably say George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Paul Revere. You might add Samuel Adams if you like beer, Nathan Hale if you like spies, and Marquis de Lafayette if you like the French. But you almost certainly

Eight Verses, A Lifetime of Lessons Parshas Vayera 5787

There are Parshas in the Torah where you can spend an entire Partners session developing one central idea, going deeper and deeper, and there are places like the opening of Parshas Vayera, where almost every phrase seems to contain another lesson, and you go much broader than deep. In the first eight verses alone, Hashem