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We arrive at the end of the Book of Genesis with the portion, Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26), and spolier, everybody dies! We will go from here to 200 years into the future…

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How many of you do basic research with computers? It is so easy. All you do is type in the key word in Google and the auto-suggest feature completes the…

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We learn the lesson of overcoming adversity in this week’s portion, Miketz (Genesis 44:1-44:17). It shows Joseph starting as a slave in jail, innocent of the crime he was accused…

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This week’s Torah portion, Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) begins the section known as the “Joseph Trilogy” – a section that gets our ancestors down to Egypt to begin the process of…

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Yisrael.  Israel.  The ones who struggle with God.  We are the people of Israel, the people who struggle with God.  If it were not for being the people of Israel,…

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In this week’s Torah portion, Vayeitzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3), we learn of the events of the famous story of “Jacob’s Ladder”.  Jacob is fleeing the wrath of his brother Esau after the trickery that…

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Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9), is a challenging text for a variety of reasons – here are the basic facts: Rebecca has a difficult pregnancy. Esau and Jacob are born – in…

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Eliezer has a tough job in this week’s Torah portion (Chayei Sarah – Genesis 23:1-25:18).  How would YOU like to be responsible for choosing a partner for your boss’s child? …

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It was on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918, that Allied and German forces set aside their arms, effectively ending what at the…

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Mark Twain is quoted saying, “When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I…

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