Parashat VaEra | When the Hard Work is Good Management
This week our reading from the Torah unfolds the story of some of the plagues that have been inflicted upon Egypt, among them the plague...
Parashat Shmot | Sowing the Seeds for the Fruits of our Labor
When “a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph[1]” rose to the throne it is clear that troubles are brewing in the land....
Parashat Vayechi | The Yearning for Home and Remembering Rabbi Dick Hirsch z"l
This week we are reading the last section of Genesis, בראשית, and learn about the death of Jacob. “Then he commanded them and said to...
Parashat Vayigash | In Extremes
“Now you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions’; then take...
Parashat Miketz | Light Unto Darkness
The Pharaoh has a dream, “from the Nile seven cows came up, fine-looking and fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass. Then behold, seven...
