Sometimes it takes someone else to show you what you should have seen all along. I was driving home the other day when suddenly a car sped by on my left, trying to overtake me and the cars …
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11/29/18
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When we look at Chapter 38 of Bereishit, there are many questions.
Timeline questions: Did Yehuda marry before or after the sale of Yosef? How old was Tamar? How old were Yehuda’s sons? How …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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11/29/18
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Yosef is the sole figure in Tanach to whom our Sages attach the title hatzaddik, the righteous one. The second-century work Seder Haolam Rabbah is one of the earliest Rabbinic sources where this …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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11/30/18
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When Yaakov first arrived in Haran, he encountered shepherds waiting at a well. It might have been the same well where his mother met Eliezer 97 years earlier. And if it was, things had certainly …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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11/13/18
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When I was studying for my doctorate in psychology, we had a number of fairly strict requiarements in addition to our courses in psychology. For example, we were expected to possess a reading …
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Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hershe Weinreb
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11/13/18
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Our parasha begins with the famous words, “And Yaakov left Beersheba, and he went to Charan” (Bereishit 28:10). Yaakov’s departure is a direct response to his mother Rivka’s …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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11/13/18
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And Yaakov went on his way, and angels of G-d met him. And Yaakov said when he saw them: ‘This is G-d’s camp.’ And he called the name of that place Machanaim” (Bereishit …
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By Rabbi Marc D. Angel
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11/13/18
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In the last two weeks, I’ve been seeing a mix of reactions to the tragic massacre at Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. I don’t know how many people are living on the edge, …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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11/7/18
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I’m certain that you have heard this saying before: “If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.” It is attributed to all sorts of wise people from Benjamin Franklin …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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11/7/18
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If it be so, wherefore do I live?” (Bereishit 25:22)
Rebecca was suffering with a very difficult pregnancy. She was so distraught that she questioned the value of her life. After …
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By Rabbi Marc D. Angel
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11/7/18
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