Brothers
- Ancestors, Bereshit, Blessing, Brothers, Culture, Egypt, Genealogy, Generations, Israel, Jacob, Joseph, Komps Kaos, Oath, Parsha, Shemot, Text Study, Textual Criticism, Torah, Vayechi
The End of the Beginning
The end of Bereshit – an accomplishment that feels markedly set within each year of Torah engagement. We have traipsed through our creation stories, begun to wrestle with our relationship to G!d (and…
- Benjamin, Bereshit, Bible, Brothers, Chanukah, Connection, Human Experience, Jacob, Joseph, Komps Kaos, Midrash, Nation, Parsha, Torah, Vayigash
Coming Back to Family
I’m sad that Chanukah’s over, but really had a wonderful eight days of lights, friends, latkes, Torah, & apocrypha (haha!). This year is made a lot brighter by new friends, more synagogue involvement,…
- Brothers, Chanukah, Chanumas, Dancing, Dreidel, Drought, Egypt, Family, Friends, Identity, Kislev, Komps Kaos, Miketz, Parsha, Synagogues
Dreidels, Drinks, & Dancing!
A freylekhn und a lichtige khanike!! This week’s been a little (increasingly) brighter every night, thanks to the chanukiahs, hugs, smiles, laughter, stories, and love of the Festival of Lights. How are you…
- Bereshit, Brothers, Chanukah, Dreams, Egypt, Generations, Interpretation, Jacob, Jail, Joseph, Komps Kaos, Leaders, Light, Menorah, Parsha, Pharaoh, Potiphar, Slavery, Thanksgiving, Vayeishev
Stars in Your Eyes
Dreamers – Joseph seems to represent this wide-ranging group. Some dreamers are visionary – they provide us with new ideas and take us where we need to go. Joseph does this for Pharaoh…
- Brothers, Descendants, Esau, Family, Genealogy, Jacob, Parsha, Reconciliation, Relationship, Thanksgiving, Vayishlah
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Thanksgiving is described by people as both a wonderful time of joining with family and friends to feast and be together and a few days that can seem like an eternity of never-ending…