Burial
- Bereshit, Blessing, Burial, Death, Descendants, Egypt, Ephraim, Forgiveness, Goshen, Homeland, Israel, Jacob, Joseph, Journey, Life, Manasseh, Mourning, Parsha
Genesis – Out!
Once again, just like with the parsha beginning with the death of Sarah, the Hebrew terms for death and life are both at play in the parsha. Parashat Vayechi, “And he lived,” begins…
- Abraham, Burial, Chayyei Sarah, Death, Descendants, Favor, Genealogy, Grave, Hebron, Horeb, Isaac, Life, Love, Marriage, Matriarchs, Parsha, Patriarchs, Prayer, Rebekah, Sarah
It’s All About My Sister…
…but it shouldn’t go to her head! Yes, my sister Sarah is named after Abraham’s wife (after the name change – Sarah of the promise as our father likes to say). The parsha…
- Annual Cycle, Burial, Creativity, Death, Deuteronomy, End, Haftorah, Inheritance, Israelites, Journey, Land, Moses, Nebo, Parsha, Poem, Presence, Prophet, Simchat Torah, Tribe, Vzot haBrakhah
Time Presses On
The end of a year. The end of a cycle. Could it really have come upon us so quickly? Have we really finished reading the Torah again? For a moment a person might…