by Rabbi Margie Cella This week’s parashah begins the second book of the Torah, which tells the story of the Exodus from Egypt. It begins by naming all those who came to Egypt with Jacob; once there,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields The haftarah that goes b’yachad, together with Parashat Vayechi is I Kings 2:1-12. As we conclude Sefer Bereshit, the Book of Genesis, our patriarch...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields The haftarah that is b’yachad, together, with Parashat Vayigash is Ezekiel 37:15-28. In Parashat Vayigash, Joseph and Benjamin have a reunion filled...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields The haftarah that is B’yachad with Parashat Miketz when it is Shabbat Hanukkah is from Zechariah 2:14-4:7. Most Ashkenazic congregations do not add...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In the Torah reading, Parashat Vayeshev, Joseph tells his dreams, which some see as prophecies, to his brothers who do not want to hear them. Clothing is an important...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Vayetzei begins by stating in Genesis 27, that Jacob had to flee his home because his brother Esau wanted to kill him for having stolen his blessing. Jacob asks...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In Parashat Toldot, we read about two parents each having their favorite child, and the competition between Jacob and Esau for their father Isaac’s blessing. The family...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In Parashat Chayyei Sarah, deals with the deaths of both Sarah and Abraham, and takes place in Abraham’s tent, which he is old and dying, described as “old in advanced...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In Parashat Vayera, we see the value of hospitality, when Abraham welcomes three visits to his home, who promise that Sarah, a barren woman, with an old husband, Abraham,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In Parashat Lekh Lekha, Avram is commanded by God to leave his father’s home, and go to a new place that he does not know. In the Midrash, Rabbinic Legend, Avram...
