Let me tell you a story, that begins at the Beginning. Human beings were created, as you know, on Friday, the 6th day of creation – but just before Shabbat came in, God made 10 special artefacts, objects with tremendous power, whose...
Posted on 7 January 2021, By Rabbi Roni Tabick
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT – DON’T GET MAD, GET EVEN! The usual explanation for the connection between this week’s parashah and the haftarah is that two notable figures in our tradition are about to die. You might think that, on their ...
Posted on 21 December 2020, By Nahum Gordon
This parasha must be one of the most food and drink-oriented of all the parashiyot, if not the most. Of course there is the overarching theme of the seven years of plenty followed by the seven years of famine. But over and ...
Posted on 17 December 2020, By Daniel Oppenheimer