Vayigash – Man and Beast
Shepherds were abhorrent to ancient Egyptians, Yosef tells his brothers, as he relates what they should tell Par’oh in order to reserve the area of Goshen for his immigrating family (Beraishis 46:34). We find...
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Two Rabbis, Three Opinions Episode 13
The latest episode of Two Rabbis, Three Opinions is up and available on Spotify and elsewhere. What’s with one writer’s comparison of charedim to American Indians? Can they claim that they were the indigenous...
Vayishlach – Beware the Rabbi
Imagine finding yourself in a desolate place and spying a lone figure in the distance coming toward you. Your apprehension, even nervousness, would be understandable. But then, when he comes closer and you see...
Vayeitzei – The Purity Principle
Yaakov and Leah had their first (perhaps only) argument on the morning after the wedding feast. He had expected Rachel to join him in his abode that night but, unknown to him until morning’s...
THE PLACE FROM AFAR: A Tale of Three Sisters
דּ וַיִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֧ם אֶת־עֵינָ֛יו וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת־הַמָּק֖וֹם מֵֽרָחֹֽק: And Avraham lifted his eyes, and saw the place from afar. Every year on the 4th of July, Candis made me a birthday party. She must have...
The Book to Take to Yom Kippur
Even inanimate objects “pray.” When a bris takes place on Rosh Hashanah, and the mohel happens to be the one who will afterwards sound the shofar, we instruct him not to wash out his...
Open Orthodoxy’s New Sanction of Lesbian Relationships
Open Orthodoxy has just endorsed lesbian marriage and intimate relations. No, this is not a typo or exaggeration. Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, who was the first graduate of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) and now serves...
Pagers in the Parshah
Understood. This is what rabbis do. They will always come up with a connection between events of the week and the parshah. Trust me. That is not what this is about. I had earlier...
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