Ani Yosef…I am Joseph
Ani Yosef…I am Joseph Joseph Wept – Part One Part of an ongoing series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface ...
Ani Yosef…I am Joseph Joseph Wept – Part One Part of an ongoing series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface ...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: VAYECHI Gen. 47:28-50:26 AND JACOB LIVED. “And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years” (Gen. 47:28). These were “good” years (17 is the gematria of TOV...
Vayigash Torah Reading: VAYIGASH Gen. 44:18-47:27. “AND JUDAH STEPPED FORWARD.” The key to the dramatic encounter between Judah and Joseph with which our parshah of VAYIGASH begins is to be found in the Haftara our...
VAYISHLACH Torah reading: Gen. 32.4-36.43 Further materials by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum relating to this and the ensuing parshahs about Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, can be found in EARTH & SPIRIT THE ENCOUNTER WITH ESAU...
Each person who leaves idol worship and clings to HaShem find themselves tested in their journey. Rod Bryant encourages you to emprace the struggle.
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: VAYEISHEV Gen. 37:1-40:23 “FROM THE DEPTH OF HEBRON”: JACOB & HIS CHILDREN “These are the generations of Jacob. These are their dwellings and rollings (GILGULIM) until they came...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: CHAYEY SARAH Gen. 23:1-25:18. Haftara I Kings 1, 1-31 THE LIFE OF SARAH The parshah opens with LIFE — the LIFE of Sarah — even though it goes...
By Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Gen. 12.1-17.27. Haftara Isaiah 40.27-41.16. No spiritual seeker fail to be thrilled by the challenge in G-d’s words to Abraham with which this parshah begins: “Go to YOUR SELF.”....
Chapter Four The Seven Laws of Noah 1. With respect to God’s commandments, all of humanity is divided into two general classifications: the Children of Israel and the Children of Noah. 2. The Children...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: MIKETZ Gen. 41:1-44:17 “AND PHARAOH WAS DREAMING.” The exile of the Children of Israel in Egypt and their subsequent redemption and exodus are the paradigm of all exile and...
By Avraham Greenbaum Torah reading: Gen. 28:10-32:3. Haftara: Hosea 12.13-14.10 (Optional addition: Micah 7.18) (Sephardi ritual: Hosea 11.7-12.12). “AND JACOB WENT OUT FROM BE’ER SHEVA” Last weeks parshah, TOLDOS, the story of Isaac, which...
By Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Gen. 25:19-28:9. Haftara: Malachi 1:1-2:7. “AND THESE ARE THE GENERATONS OF ISAAC” In the holy structure built by the patriarchs to reveal HaShem to the world, Abraham is the...