Parshat Miketz: To Sleep Perchance to Dream
This week’s parsha describes Joseph’s meteoric rise to power as second in command to Pharaoh in Egypt after successfully interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams.... Read More
Parshat Vayeshev: Chanukah – Jews vs. Greeks
This coming Sunday evening we begin to celebrate Chanukah. Over two thousand years ago a battle ensued between the Jewish nation and... Read More
Parshat Vayishlach: Neurotic Jews
This week’s parsha describes a meeting of two brothers who have not seen each other in decades. Jacob and Esav had not... Read More
Parshat Vayetzei: The Perfect Wife
You say you wanna move on and You say I’m falling behind… -The Killers In this week’s parsha, Jacob flees from his... Read More
Parshat Toldot: Jewish Terrorists
One would think that now that the Gaza/Hezbollah/Iran wars have thankfully winded down, that Israel could breathe a little and go about... Read More
Parshat Chayei Sara: A Shidduch Story
In this week’s parsha we read a very lengthy and detailed account of finding a wife for Isaac. After almost fatally losing... Read More
Parshat Vayera: What Do We Owe Our Children?
Boy of mine As your fortune comes to carry you down the line And you watch as the changes unfold And you... Read More
Parshat Lech Lecha: My Father Never Took Me to Soccer Practice
This week I took my grandson, Benji who is 6 years old, to his soccer program. His parents couldn’t so they turned... Read More
Parshat Noach: The Tower of Babel
While most of this week’s parsha focuses on the story of Noah and the Flood, there is another event in the parsha... Read More
Parshat Bereshit: Life and Death
We begin the annual Torah parsha cycle once again this Shabbat. Bereshit – In the Beginning. As with many beginnings in life,... Read More