Podes decir la palabra SEXO en voz alta? Por algún motivo mucha gente se siente incómoda cuando la dice o la escucha. Sin embargo para la Tora es una idea bien conocida! Lamentablemente, nosotros, no lo mencionamos lo suficiente. En la Parasha Vayeshev leemos la historia de Yehuda y Tamar. Yehuda el hijo de Yaakov se casó con la hija
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Can you say out loud: “SEX”? For somehow many people feel uncomfortable when we say this word. But for Torah it’s a well-known idea. Unfortunately, we don’t speak that much about it… In Parashat “Vayeshev” we read the story of Yehuda and Tamar. Yehuda, Jacob’s son, got married and had 3 kids: Er, Onan and Shelah. Yehuda arranged for Er
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I saw my path disappearing Into a tangled forest, within walls of the undergrowth Into the bleeding ground My feet were planted, growing roots. And for a moment I was able to hear Leaves teaching their song And I wanted to go up high To grow with them I felt drops of rain Collecting inside me, falling under me
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Sometimes it feels like Torah is knocking on the door of our reality! This week we read “Parashat Vayishlach”,Genesis 32:4 to 36:43, which interestingly contains an important message to our politicians and people! One of the stories in our Torah portions is “Maase Shechem”. It is narrated that Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land when the President
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Parashat V’yishlach A Short reflection… Jacob and Esau are about to meet again and this is what Jacob has in mind: ” Now deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him” (Gen 32:12). Of course he is afraid, they separated 20 years ago following a terrible conflict involving anger, anguish
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“I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps. Save me, I pray….” (Gen 32:10-11) About the Word Katonti: Reading Genesis 32:11, “I am too small (קָטֹנְתִּי, katonti) for all the mercies, and of all the
Read moreהשבוע אנחנו קוראים את פרשת “ויצא”, אחת הפרשות העשירות ביותר בתורה כולה. הסצנה המפורסמת ביותר בפרשה, שקיבלה ביטוי אומנותי ככל הנראה במאות ציורים ופסלים, היא “סולם יעקב”. בסוף פרשת “תולדות” יצחק מברך את יעקב, שמיד לאחר מכן בורח מביתו. י וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹב, מִבְּאֵר שָׁבַע; וַיֵּלֶךְ, חָרָנָה. יאוַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם וַיָּלֶן שָׁם, כִּי-בָא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, וַיִּקַּח מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם, וַיָּשֶׂם מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו; וַיִּשְׁכַּב, בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא. יב וַיַּחֲלֹם, וְהִנֵּה סֻלָּם מֻצָּב
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What differentiates a great idea from a possible reality? Read how and why the emblematic should find you with your feet on the ground! This week we read Parashat “Vayetze”, one of the richest portions in the whole Torah. The most famous scene in the portion, which was artistically drawn probably hundreds of times, is “Jacob’s ladder”. At the
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I LOVE YOU LEAH That very morning I won’t forget when you hid your head in the pillow the sunlight rested on the tent and my head was beaten by drunkenness.When I whispered her name in your ear you grabbed my hands in your cold hand and one warm tear fell into my palms. Behold, many days passed and
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YOU AND I Arik Einstein You and I we’ll change the world you and I by then all will follow Others have said it before me but doesn’t matter you and I we’ll change the world. You and I we’ll try from the beginning it will be tough for us, no matter, it’s not too bad! Others have said it
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Po Ve Sham 