Category: 01 – Genesis
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A reflection on the suffering of women.
A reflection on the suffering of women. This week we read the Torah portion of Vayeitzei (“and he went out”) in Genesis. Jacob sought a wife. The trickster Laban tells him he can marry Rachel the younger if he will work for him for seven years. At the last minute, Leah the older is shoved…
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Fake Election: Adonijah Edition
This week’s Torah portion includes a reading from Kings I, 1:1-31. In it we learn that King David is elderly and frail. He has not yet selected a successor formally, but we know that he has previously promised the kingship to his wise and good son, Solomon. Meanwhile his evil son, Adonijah, plots a coup…
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Show Some Respect
The children of Ishmael are the Muslims. HaShem honors them in the Torah by including their lineage in this week’s Torah portion. We also learn that Abraham showed respect to the Hittites by “bowing down low” (showing respect) to the Hittites and insisting on paying them for Sarah Imeinu’s grave. It is important to show…
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Never Take Your Eyes Off The Prize
This week in synagogue we read about King David’s last words to Solomon. He instructs Solomon to follow the Commandments of the Torah, for the Lord will only be with him if he submits to His authority. Then the king instructs Solomon to carry out three kinds of justice: 1) to punish Joab the general for killing when…
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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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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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Parshas Vayechi, the Messiah, and the Great Awakening
Starting again. This week’s Bible portion is Vayechi, meaning “and he lived.”The primary reading is Genesis 47:28–50:26.chabad.org/parshah/articl… The supplemental reading is I Kings 2:1 – 2:12. This Bible portion tells us that:* Jacob lived 17 years in Egypt before he passed.* He desired to tell his children the End of Days but was prevented.* He…
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Bible Study 12/19/2020: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Shabbat Shalom! It’s Torah Study time! Woo hoo! If you’re following this thread, sit back and relax because I haven’t done one of these in a while and intend to dig 😊 The Bible portion this week is called “Miketz,” which literally means “from the end of.”Genesis 41:1-44:17Supplemental: I Kings 3:15 – 4:1hebcal.com/sedrot/miketz Why would…
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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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