The name of this week’s parasha is Beshalach, which means “when he let go,” and covers Exodus 13:17-17:16.  After Pharaoh finally released the Jewish people, God led them along the Red Sea with a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night.  Moses took Joseph’s bones when Israel left Egypt, fulfilling […]

Shabbat Shalom, this week’s Parasha is Bo, which means “go” and covers Exodus 10:1- 13:16. In chapter 10, we find that God has hardened the heart of Pharaoh and his servants so that God can again show His miraculous signs to the people. This is so the Jewish people will know and remember the awesome […]

This week’s parasha is Shemot, which means, “names.”  It covers Exodus 1-6.  The Hebrew title for this parasha comes from the first verse, which begins, “these are the names of the sons of Israel…,” and indeed, this book will follow what happens to the descendants of Jacob. We find in Chapter 1, that the descendants […]

Our parasha this Shabbat is entitled Vaera, meaning “…and I appeared” covering Exodus 6-9. God tells Moses that whereas He had appeared to the Patriarchs by the title El Shaddai (‘God Almighty’), He was now revealing Himself to Moses and Israel by His personal name – a name we are no longer certain how to […]

This week’s parasha is entitled Vayechi, meaning, “and he lived.” It covers Genesis 47:28 – 50:26 and this completes the book of Genesis. Israel and his sons were now living comfortably in Egypt, though due to the ongoing famine, the Egyptians were impoverished in their own land. It is interesting to note that Joseph spent […]

Last week we left things on a cliffhanger, with an unknown Joseph telling his brothers he would be keeping Benjamin In Egypt. This week we have the resolution of Joseph’s testing of his brothers.  Our parasha this week is called Vayigash which translates to “And He Drew Near” and covers Genesis 44:18-47:27. This parasha shows us […]

This week’s Parasha is Miketz, which means “at the end of” and covers Genesis 41-44:17. Pharaoh has a bad dream, he does not understand what it means.  In Pharaoh’s   dream there were seven cows that were good and plump and then all of a sudden there were seven undernourished cows and they devoured  the plump […]

The name of this week’s parasha is Vayeshev, which means “and he settled”, and covers Genesis 37:1-40:23.  Jacob favored Joseph over his other sons, which caused them to resent Joseph, and Joseph was given a special robe by Jacob. When Joseph told his brothers and father about a dream he had in which they bowed […]

This week’s parasha is the eighth reading in Genesis, and is entitled Vayishlach, meaning “and he sent”. It takes us from Genesis 32-36. The title comes from the first verse of the reading, which says, “Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir…” Jacob had just come through […]

This week’s Torah portion is VaYetzei, which means “and he went out.” It covers Genesis 28:10–32:3. In Chapter 28, we find Jacob departing from his home in Beersheba and heading to Haran, his ancestral homeland. He ends up spending the night in an open area where he sees a vision of a great ladder descending […]