Thanksgiving
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Thankfulness: The Whole Point
As a kid, I certainly remember hearing and telling and acting out “the story of the first Thanksgiving.” As a teaching and learning tool, I love the ideas of coming together with neighbors,…
- 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…
- 5779, Benjamin, Challah, Covenant, Death, Esau, Estrangement, Israel, Jacob, Komps Kaos, Parsha, Rachel, Rape, Reconciliation, Revenge, Struggle, Thanksgiving, Tribe, Vayishlah, Wrestling
Growth Through Struggle
After leaving Laban’s household, Jacob must face another strained relationship in a scary encounter. His estrangement from Esau was alway sin the background of his journeys, his relationships, and his self-definition. Before Parashat…
- Abraham, Advent, Bereshit, Chayyei Sarah, Death, Family, Genealogy, Generations, Isaac, Life, Parsha, Rebekah, Sarah, Stories, Thanksgiving
Matriarch Madness
This week has been…yeah, a week and a half! Between school assignments, eight hours of driving, and hanging out with family, my post on Parashat Chayei Sarah didn’t get done last weekend. And…
- Abraham, Akedah, Argument, Bereshit, Change, Isaac, Lekh Lekha, Messengers, Mundane, Parsha, Prayer, Questions, Righteous, Rosh Hoshannah, Sarah, Thanksgiving, Theology, Theophany, Vayera, Visitors
Changing G!d’s Mind
Last week int he parsha – and in national and world events – we were incited to action. Lekh Lekha, we have been instructed – GO! for yourselves (and for others) – we…
- 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…