Chayei Sarah is an incredibly challenging Torah portion. There’s just so many things that happen, and for a woman there’s a lot to explore. Reading it this time, however, it was nothing about Sarah or Rebekah that got my attention. It was about Hagar, Yitzhak, and Yishmael. Just as the story turns to Rebekah and [...]
I read Yitro with new eyes tonight and found wonder. There were several passages that I read, and saw some things that I had never seen before. As I read an English translation, I just poured over the Hebrew. These two are direct from the Everett Fox translation. What do you see? Indeed all the [...]
Lech Lecha – לך־לך Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 Uploaded to Flickr by ahyc on 24 Oct ’05, 1.20pm EDT. This is a hard passage. Like so many in Genesis there’s just so much that happens. So much of it I don’t like either. Avram is rewarded for sending Sarai off to the Pharoah’s harem? We [...]
Parshat Noach (נח) – (Genesis 6:9 – 11:13) I recently learned about the addition of the line “Who makes the wind (ruach) to blow and rain to fall” to the daily prayer service this time of year. As I wasn’t raised in a house where daily prayers were even a consideration, i’m still catching up [...]
Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1 – 40:23)
I had to run and grab a notebook while reading this week’s portion. I didn’t think I’d be able to keep the train of thought if I just read all the way through. It’s one of the reasons I love Genesis — there’s just so much depth. Vayeshev is another jam-packed story. It’s the first [...]
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