Y 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 moreבאופן סמלי, פרשת מקץ מתחילה עם יוסף הזרוק בבור בית הסוהר, ונגמרת עם יוסף כשליט במצרים. איך זה קרה? האם זו תוצאה של מטה-מורפוזיס? כדי לענות על השאלה נתחיל מלבדוק למה הוא זרוק בבור מלכתחילה. יוסף מגיע לבית הסוהר בסופו של דבר כתוצאה מכך שאחיו מכרו אותו. אז נשאל שוב – למה האחים שלו (מכרו) זרקו אותו? וזה מוביל אותנו
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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
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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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Po Ve Sham 