Philo
- 5784, Bereshit, Bilhah, Genesis, Hellenistic Judaism, Jacob, Laban, Leah, Matriarchs, Parsha, Patriarchs, Philo, Rachel, Sarah, Stones, Tribe, Vayetzei, Zilpah
Setting up Stones
Last week I listened to the entirety of Parashat Vayetzei, leyned from the bima of the oldest shul building in the U.S., Touro Synagogue. (I’ll dedicate a post soon to my first experience…
- 5780, Abimelech, Abraham, Akedah, Bereshit, Dissertation Diary, Genesis, Hagar, Hospitality, Ishmael, Lot, Messiah, Midrash, Parsha, Philo, Sarah, Sister Wives, Sodom, Theophany, Vayera
Our Ancestral Drama: Comedy or Tragedy?
The laughing started last week, but argument, sin, confusion, and oppression are quick on the heels of such mirth. In a parsha that begins with guests, hospitality, and a theophany, the human condition…
- Amalek, Deuteronomy, Honesty, Integrity, Ki Tetzei, Land, Leviticus, Maimonides, Mitzvah, Nachmanides, Parsha, Philo, Relationship, Sages, Tzitzit
All About the Mitzvot?
Parashat Ki Tetzei is infamous as the portion full of mitzvot (mirroring sections of Leviticus). But what do we learn from G!d’s statutes to his people about to enter the promised land? The…