Vayishlah
- 5784, Actions, Bereshit, Bilhah, Decisions, Esau, Fear, Genesis, Jacob, Joseph, Leah, Parsha, Rachel, Scarcity, Vayishlah, Zilpah
Scaredness and Scarcity
This week, I made a risky and scary move – action upon a decision about which I had total clarity during a conversation erev Rosh Hashanah. (Here’s where I tell you how exceedingly…
- 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…
- Altar, Benjamin, Bereshit, Dinah, Esau, Forgiveness, Jacob, Journey, Parsha, Rachel, Rape, Reconciliation, Vayishlah, Wrestling
Multiple Personas
This week the weather was much colder, leaving me and my fellow students bundled up even inside, seeking warm places to study for exams and write papers. We have only this weekend left…
- 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…
