by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Axelrod is the rabbi of Young Israel of Woodmere in Woodmere, NY. In Parshas Vayechi, we read how Yakov son’s intern him in Ma’aras Hamachpeila. The Torah does not provide many details of this final act of chesed shel emes. The Talmud (Sota 13a) offers a...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Klibanoff is the Rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim, Livingston, NJ. I must admit that Vayigash is my favorite Parsha. The fact that this was my Bar Mitzvah Parsha (only a handful of years ago,) may have something to do with it. However, with each passing year of...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Miodownik is the Rabbi of Congregation Ahavas Achaim, Highland Park, NJ. In light of the United States’ abstention from the U.N. resolution condemning Israel’s “settlement” activity, and failure to exercise a Security Council veto, the...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Rockoff is the Rabbi of Congregation BIAV, Overland Park, KS. “Yaakov settled in the land of his forefathers sojourning, the land of Canaan.” (37:1) In contrast to his brother Esav who settled in Har Seir, Yaakov takes his rightful place as the heir...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Romm is the Rabbi of Bialystoker Synagogue, New York, NY. The commentators offer various reasons for the mitzvah of Gid HaNasheh — the prohibition of eating the sciatic nerve — which is mentioned is this week’s Parsha. Why should the injury of...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Of Young Israel of Scarsdale, Scarsdale, NY. Early on in my own religious development, I gave a lot of thought to the idea of the ideal religious life. As we see in the vision of Jacob’s Ladder at the beginning of Parashat VaYeitzi, is it a life devoted...
