Parsha Vayishlach
This week’s parsha is Vayishlach: Genesis 32:4-36:43 D’var Torah: The Reluctant Warrior Torah Pearls: Parsha Vayishlach This week’s Haftarah is: Obadiah 1:1-21
Judaism 101: What is Karaite Judaism
According to the followers of Karaite Judaism, it is the original form of Judaism as shown throughout the Tanakh from the time of the Revelation beginning at Har Sinai. Karaites are a sect of Judaism that believes only in the…
Parsha Vayetze
This week’s parsha is Vayetze: Genesis 28:10-32:3 D’var Torah: Opening the Well of Interpretation Torah Pearls: Parsha Vayetze This week’s Haftarah is: Hosea 12:13-14:10
Parsha Toldot
This week’s parsha is Toldot: Genesis 25:19-28:9 D’var Torah: Blessing: Not a Zero-Sum Game Torah Pearls: Parsha Toldot This week’s Haftarah is: Malachi 1:1-2:7
iBelieve: God
Long post… God has many titles and identifiers but no matter what we call God He is One and Indivisible. God has no human form and the use of terms such as “the hand of God” is a metaphor since…
Parsha Chayei Sarah
This week’s parsha is Chayei Sarah: Genesis 23:1-25:18 D’var Torah: Deliberate Destiny Torah Pearls: Parsha Chayei Sarah This week’s Haftarah is: I Kings 1:1-31
Parsha Vayera
This week’s parsha is Vayera: Genesis 18:1-22:24 D’var Torah: Reading Between the Lines Torah Pearls: Parsha Vayera This week’s Haftarah is: II Kings 4:1 – 4:37
Parsha Lekh Lekha
This week’s parsha is Lekh Lekha: Genesis 12:1-17:27 D’var Torah: Choosing to be Chosen Torah Pearls: Parsha Lekh Lekha This week’s Hatarah is: Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16
Abraham’s Journeys: Lot Departs (Part II)
Archibald Sayce translated an Akkadian poem the “describes a rain of fire similar in character and effect to that which destroyed the cities of the plain.” He goes on to say that since Chedorlaomer and his allies were the ones…
Parsha Noach
This week’s parsha is Noach: Genesis 6:9-11:32 D’var Torah: Babel On . . . Torah Pearls: Parsha Noach This week’s Hatarah is: Isaiah 54:1 – 55:5