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Weekly Torah
No direction home? This is the inside-outside story of the Passover offering in Egypt and on which side of the door jamb the blood was spread and why and what’s the reason for.
Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)
Parashat Bo is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 8, 5773/January 19, 2013
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Torah takes great pains to emphasize Moshe’s humanity in this week’s Torah reading. Yes, the great savior of Israel, the man who would speak with G-d face to face, was just that – a man, mortal and fallible like the rest of us.
Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35)
Parashat Va’era is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 1, 5773/January 12, 2013
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To trust and to trust not. Total trust must exist between a true leader and his people. This is the lesson that G-d choreographed using Yaakov’s final words to his children and Moshe’s initial concern over whether Israel would receive him.
Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1)
Parashat Shemot is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 23, 5773/January 5, 2013
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When Yaakov asks of Yosef “Who are these?” it is not because his eyes are dim or that he does not know Yosef’s sons intimately. It is because in his prophetic mind’s eye he see the boys’ greatness in the future redemption of Israel, which is taking place today. His words are not a question but an exclamation of sublime joy and approval.
Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)
Parashat Vayechi is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 12, 5773/December 29, 2012
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The seismic shocks, the tectonic rumblings, the pulsating magnetic fields could all be felt from one end of creation to the next when Yehudah drew near to Yosef in their battle for custody of Binyamin. Neither brother was willing to abandon Binyamin and that’s what G-d wanted to know! When Yosef revealed his true identity to Yehudah and the others, they all realized that they could lay down their arms: It was all in G-d’s hands!
Vayigash (Genesis 44:18 – 47:27)
Parashat Vayigash is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 9, 5773/December 22, 2012
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The story of Yosef’s descent into the darkness of Egypt and his rise to leadership coincides each year with the eight day festival of Chanukah. They likewise share the same deep lesson: All of life’s seemingly chaotic randomness is, in truth, directed by G-d. Our role is not merely to trust in G-d’s benevolence but to work without rest to insure our own part in His great plan. This is what distinguished Yosef and this is what distinguished the Chashmonean kohanim who led the Jewish revolt against the Greek oppressors.
Miketz (Genesis 41:1-44:17)
Parashat Miketz is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 2, 5773/December 15, 2012
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Miketz (Genesis 37:1-40:23)
Parashat Miketz is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 24, 5773/December 8, 2012
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“Hineni – Here I am!” – without question or condition, full of readiness for self sacrifice, to go beyond the call of duty, to perform the word of HaShem. This is the response of Yosef to Yaakov’s instruction to him to seek out his brothers in Shechem , and this guileless willingness to throw himself whole heartedly and without reservation into G-d’s great plan for mankind in order to do his part – this is what distinguishes Yosef from his brothers at the outset of Vayeshev , and this is what propels him to a position of great prominence and power in the land of Egypt and the royal court of Pharaoh.
Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23)
Parashat Vayeshev is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 24, 5773/December 8, 2012
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