Weekly Torah Reading, Va’era, January 13, 2024

Exodus 6:2-9:35 A Divine Guarantee   This week’s reading begins with God telling Moses, “I am the Lord” (spelled YHWH). But surely Moses knew that already. In fact, just a few paragraphs earlier, God had instructed Moses to tell the …

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Weekly Torah Reading, Shemot, January 6, 2025

Exodus 1:1 – 6:1 Who Am I?   Despite Pharaoh’s cruel decrees against the people of Israel, the Israelite population just kept increasing. Even his order to have all newborn babies thrown into the Nile didn’t work: the mother of …

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Weekly Torah Reading, Vayhi, December 30, 2023

  Weekly Torah Reading, Vayhi, December 30, 2023 Genesis 47:28-50:26 The Staff of Jacob   At the end of his life, Jacob gathered his sons together in order to give each of them his fatherly blessing. But in fact, his …

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Weekly Torah Reading,Va-yiggash, December 23, 2023

  Genesis 44:18 – 47:27 After They’ve Seen Paree   After Joseph revealed his true identity to him brothers, he sent them back to Canaan to tell their father Jacob the good news: his long-lost son Joseph was still alive …

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Weekly Torah Reading, Vayyeshev, December 9, 2023

Genesis 37:1-40:23 His Father’s Icon   Joseph, whose early life is the focus of this week’s reading, got off to a rocky start. The favorite son of his father Jacob, he seems to have been quite an obnoxious young man. …

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Weekly Torah Reading, Vayyeshev, December 9, 2023

Genesis 37:1-40:23 His Father’s Icon   Joseph, whose early life is the focus of this week’s reading, got off to a rocky start. The favorite son of his father Jacob, he seems to have been quite an obnoxious young man. …

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weekly torah reading, Vayyeshev, December 9, 2023

Genesis 37:1-40:23 His Father’s Icon   Joseph, whose early life is the focus of this week’s reading, got off to a rocky start. The favorite son of his father Jacob, he seems to have been quite an obnoxious young man. …

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Weekly Torah Reading, Vayyishlaḥ, December 2, 2023

Genesis 32: 4  – 36: 43 The Ten Percent Solution   On the eve of his return to the land of Canaan, Jacob learned that his brother Esau, who had previously vowed to kill him, was now on his way …

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