Messages from December 2018

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) Trust or Narcissism?

December 28, 2018
Exodous
Shemot

After being told by G-d to return to Egypt and command Pharaoh to release the Jews, Moses says: ‘Please G-d, I am not a man of words, also not since the day before yesterday, nor since You first spoke to Your servant; for I am heavy of mouth and heavy of speech.’ (4:10) Is Moses […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26) What Will Your Desk Say About You?

December 21, 2018
Genesis
Vayechi

What Will Your Desk Say About You? There is significance to how the Torah is broken up into the sections we read each week. The name of the Parsha (weekly section) is usually the first word (or can be found in the first few words) of any given Parsha. This week’s reading is Yayechi-“he lived;” it […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) They Don’t Deserve It

December 14, 2018
Genesis
Vayigash

We have finally reached one of the dramatic scenes in the entire Bible. Joseph’s brothers had tossed him into a pit, then some passing merchants brought him out and sold him into slavery. When Reuven, the oldest brother retuned to the pit, it was empty. The brothers thought he (Joseph) was dead and didn’t know […]

Rabbi O’s Weekly Parsha: Mikeitz (Genesis 41:1-44:17) Conquering the “I Could Have Been” Attitude

December 7, 2018
Genesis
Miketz