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Vaeira: Jewish Take-out
January 2, 2019 by Lynn Greenhough • D'var Torah • Tags: vaeira • 0 Comments
Vaeira is another one of those sections of Torah that sounds familiar to us – mostly because of our annual re-telling of this story. It all sounds very familiar: our ancestor’s servitude in Egypt, the recounting of the 10 plagues, Pharaoh’s hardened heart. One almost wants to break out into a raucous Dai Dai-einu and […]
Shemot
December 23, 2018 by Lynn Greenhough • D'var Torah • Tags: shemot • 0 Comments
This week, we have shifted from the first to the second book in the Five Books of Moses, or our Written Torah. We have left Bereshit, Genesis and are now in the book of Shemot, or Exodus. We have also shifted from the stories of our Avot and Imahot, our patriarchs and matriarchs, – Avraham, Yitzhak […]
Vayechi
December 16, 2018 by Lynn Greenhough • D'var Torah, Uncategorized • 0 Comments
Shalom Aleichem. And he lived, Vayechi, in the land of Egypt, Mitzrayim. The story of Jacob is coming to an end. His years were 147, and “the time approached for Israel to die…” Rashi, our beloved French medieval commentator, notes an unusual pattern in the Sefer Torah. Usually, in the Sefer Torah each new parashah […]
Vayigash
December 9, 2018 by Lynn Greenhough • D'var Torah • 0 Comments
Shalom Aleichem, Vayigash takes its name from the “approach” of Judah to Joseph– as he pleads with the Egyptian governor for mercy. To approach someone when there is such a power differential is an approach that demands careful consideration. Too hasty, too obsequious, too brash, too cautious – any of these may cause the person […]
Bo
January 7, 2019 by Lynn Greenhough • D'var Torah • 0 Comments
Shalom Aleichem, Many years ago, while on a sabbatical in Los Angeles, we had been invited for an upcoming Shabbat afternoon to visit a friend – and her pool – which at 100+ degrees sounded like a great idea. Except we were Canadians. It was January, and it never occurred to either of us to […]