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Weekly Torah
Yaakov avinu’s (our forefather Jacob’s) midnight encounter with a mysterious angel: Who was this angel, what was his purpose, and by what name was he known? Yaakov overcomes the angel, and by doing so gains insight into all these questions. He also acquires for himself a new name, a new identity, and a new role to play in establishing the Divine presence here on this earth.
Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43)
Parashat Vayishlach is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 13, 5774/November 16, 2013
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Avraham saw his appointed meeting place with G-d as a distant and foreboding mountain, (Mount Moriah), and Yitzchak envisioned the Holy Temple to be a field, accessible and alive. But it was Yaakov who understood the Holy Temple to be a home, a nurturing, loving center in which G-d and all mankind can embrace.
Vayeitzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3)
Parashat Vayeitzei is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 6, 5774/November 9, 2013
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The classic tale of deception and intrigue. But who is deceiving who? and who is really being fooled? Yaakov dons precious garments and goat skins, but by doing so is he deceiving his father Yitzchak, or is he opening Yitzchak’s eyes for the first time to a lifetime of deception he has suffered at the hands of Esau, the real master of the bluff?
Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
Parashat Toldot is read on Shabbat:
MarCheshvan 29, 5774/November 2, 2013
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“The life of Sara” teaches us that through their deeds the righteous live on even after their bodies are interred in the ground. The first person to be mourned, wept for and eulogized in Torah, Sara’s death and burial in the Machpelah cave of Hevron established Israel’s permanent presence in the land of Israel.
Chayei Sara (Genesis 23:1-25:18)
Parashat Chayei Sara is read on Shabbat:
MarCheshvan 22, 5774/October 26, 2013
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Every newborn baby is a miracle. Yet the birth of Yitzchak, (Isaac), defied all the rules of reason and biology. Rather than bow their heads in awe of the enormity of the miracle that G-d wrought, the pundits and gadflies of the day cast doubt upon the veracity of Yitzchak’s origins. Fast-forward to today, replace “Yitzchak” with “the state of Israel” and gain some insight into Israel’s contemporary denigrators and their pathetic denial of truth and reality.
Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24)
Parashat Vayera is read on Shabbat:
MarCheshvan 15, 5774/October 19, 2013
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To bless and to be a blessing: When G-d told Avraham to leave all he knew and go to Canaan, it was for much more than simply Avraham staking out his future progeny’s claim to the land of Israel. It was so that Avraham could be a conduit and a portal for G-d’s blessings for the family of man.
Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)
Parashat Lech Lecha is read on Shabbat:
MarCheshvan 8, 5774/October 12, 2013
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In this epic teaching of the opening two parashot of the book of Genesis, B’reishith and Noach, Rabbi Richman reveals what went wrong with a world so perfectly created that G-d Himself declared “It was very good,” and how that world, within a span of ten generations descended into a miasma of human depravity, and the role that water played in the creation of the world, in the punishment of the wicked and in the redemption of the pure at heart.
What was King David’s connection to the hidden waters of the tahom – תהום – buried deep within the bowels of the earth, what is the role that these hidden waters will play in the future redemption of all mankind, and how is this redemptive process presaged and choreographed in the awesome celebration of the Water Libation enacted each day of the Sukkot pilgrimage festival in the Holy Temple?
B’reishith-Noach (Genesis 1:1-11:32)
Parashat B’reishith-Noach is read on Shabbat:
Rosh Chodesh MarCheshvan, 5774/October 5, 2013
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