Month: January 2020
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Parshas Va’era: God Sees, God Hears, and God Rescues
God sees, God hears, and God rescues.Even when we feel completely lost, alone, burned out, hounded, and even desperate. Today’s Torah reading is in Exodus.It’s called “Vaera” – “and I appeared.” #BibleStudyCoffeeTimeJanuary 25, 2020 Whoops, gave you the incorrect link before. Deleting and reposting. Torah portion: Exodus 6:2 – 9:35Haftarah (supplemental): Ezekiel 28:25 – 29:21hebcal.com/sedrot/vaera…
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Parshas Shmot: Redemption for the God-Fearing
This week we begin the book of Exodus. The Torah portion is Shemot (translation: “names”). Torah Portion: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1 Supplemental reading – Ashkenazim: Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22 – 29:23 Supplemental reading – Sephardim: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3 hebcal.com/sedrot/shemot Getting into it. A bit rusty. Okay, there is a lot of action here.…
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Parshas Vayigash: The Meeting Is About The Journey
Genesis 44:18 – 47:27Ezekiel 37:15 – 37:28 hebcal.com/sedrot/vayigash Let’s start off slow with just the summary. We’re in the middle of a story here, a complicated machination between Joseph, now second only to Pharoah in the occult land of Egypt, but perhaps #1. Joseph entraps the youngest of his brothers, Benjamin, credibly accusing him of theft.…