Month: November 2021
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The Ladder and the Ley Lines
Torah reading: Vayeitze, Genesis 28:10-32:3, supplementary reading Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 for Ashkenazim and Hosea 11:7 – 12:12 for Sephardim. This information is sourced from HebCal.com, which contains links to abundant resources for further study. This week’s Bible reading is parshas “Vayeitzei,” which translates to “and he left” in English. Jacob leaves home and goes…
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Rabbi Chananya Weissman: How God’s Moshiach Will Stop The Globalists
In Ezekiel 34, God tells the prophet that He will redeem the Jews (“sheep”) from the greedy leaders (“shepherds”) who steal the food from right out of their mouths. In modern terms this refers to the corrupt leaders (not all the leaders, the corrupt ones) currently harming the people of the State of Israel. “O…
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Genesis 25:26: “It’s Gonna Be Biblical”
Screenshot from clip of “Law Abiding Citizen” via YouTube. The 2009 movie “Law Abiding Citizen” centered on a man who not only loses his wife and tiny daughter to a rapist-murderer, but also will never see justice within the system due to corruption. In one well-known he says: “I’m going to pull the whole thing…
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Reclaiming Judaism From Sabbatean-Frankists
This week’s Bible portion is “Toldot,” or “tellings,” Genesis 25:19-28:9, supplemental reading Malachi 1:1 – 2:7. Genesis 25:27 contrasts Jacob and Esau; the former is quiet and studious and the latter is a hunter. The language of the text around hunting is very specific: Esau “understood hunting.” The commentator Rashi explains that Esau understood how…
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