by Avichai Cohen | Dec 6, 2008
Avichai Cohen Memphis 2009 Whenever we are at Six Flags, Disney World or any other theme park we stand “hours” in the lines but yet the daypasses by in a blink of an eye and we find ourselves leaving the park at nightfall feeling like we have...
by Rabbi Eli Blum | Dec 5, 2008
Rabbi Eli Blum Former Rosh Kollel, Cleveland (2007) In Parshat Vayeitzei, we learn about Yaakov’s dream: “And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set on the ground and its top reached to heaven; and behold, angels of God were ascending and descending upon it....
by Daniel Damboritz | Nov 17, 2007
Daniel Damboritz Former Shaliach in New York Fearing of being killed by his twin brother, Yaakov has just left his aging parents in Canaan in order to go live for a while with his mother’s family in Charan. Only recently, was he still threatened by the...
by Rabbi Shai Froindlich | Dec 1, 2006
Rabbi Shai Froindlich Former Rosh Kollel in Montevideo In our parashah, we find Jacob leaving Be’er Sheva and heading to Charan, as it says, “Jacob left Be’er Sheva and set out for Charan” (Genesis 28:10). Actually, maybe the Torah should have written instead,...
by Rabbi Shlomo Sobol | Dec 10, 2005
At the end of last week’s Parasha Rivka orders her son Yaakov to travel to Charan, to reside with her brother Lavan and to wait there until Eisav is no longer angry and vengeful at losing the birthright and its blessing to Yaakov. This week’s Parasha opens with the...
by Rabbi Ephrayim Back | Nov 19, 2004
Our parsha records the births of Yaakov’s children. The boys that will eventually become tribes of Israel receive their names from either their father or their mother, or – in the case of the children of the maidservants – from the matriarch whom they...
by Rabbi Emanuel Cohn | Dec 6, 2003
Rabbi Emanuel Cohn Former Avrech in Montreal (2001-2003) Founder of “Torah MiCinema” – Teaching Film and Judaism The distinction of the love that Yitzchak had for Rebekah and the love that he had for his mother Sarah is not clear from the...
