We are starting again a cycle of Torah reading. Jewish tradition teaches us That Elohim- God created “iesh mi’ayin, which means that the beginning of existence came out of nothing. Again, we are reading the Book of Genesis, but can we really do that like we came out of nothing? When we start to read Torah we are not a
Read moreY multiplicaré tu descendencia como las estrellas en el firmamento! Queres saber como se hizo posible? Lee sobre la transicion de sociedad patriarcal a pueblo. Y hubo un día en el que las cosas cambiaron. Detrás quedaron los tiempos en los que creímos que la bendición era solo para uno de nuestros niños. No echamos más chicos de la casa y empezamos
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“I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky” Would you like to know how it really happened!? Read Parashat Vayechi, last in the book of Genesis and learn about our transformation from a Patriarchal society into the People of Israel. There came a time when things changed. Behind were the days when we believed that the
Read moreOcupado en no ser un loser? Queres triunfar? No estas conforme con lo que tenes? Aprende el modelo bíblico para el éxito! Que no se limita a la idea de una visión correcta sino que presenta un modo completo de abordar la vida. No es un secreto que en muchas oportunidades en el ocuparnos incansablemente en lo que nos falta
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Occupied with not being the loser? Want to succeed? Unsatisfied with what you have? In the Bible you can find an excellent model of success, which does not stop at the idea of a vision; it is beyond that – a way to approach life. Too often being constantly occupied with the things we don’t have doesn’t allow us to deal
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The Torah Potion “Miketz” symbolically starts with Joseph thrown in the dungeon, ending with him as ruler over all the land of Egypt. How did this happen? Did Joseph go though some metamorphosis? To answer this, we can start by asking why he was thrown there in the first place. Joseph arrived at the prison eventually as a result of
Read morePodes 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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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
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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