Category: Rabbi Abraham

Rabbi Greenbaum gained his MA in classics and social sciences at Cambridge University. As a Harkness Fellow he studied at Harvard and Columbia, after which he spent four years as a BBC Radio news commentator and producer.

Blog / Parshat Shemot / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

December 19, 2021

Shemos: Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: SHEMOS Exodus 1:1-6:1; Haftara: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 (Sephardi ritual: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3). “AND THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL”: ISRAEL ON THE WORLD STAGE With the beginning...

Blog / Parshat Vayechi / Rabbi Abraham

December 12, 2021

Vayechi: Rabbi Avraham

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...

Parshat Pinchas / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

July 6, 2020

Pinchas: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading PINCHAS, Numbers 25:10-30:1 PINCHAS, PRINCE OF PEACE “Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aaron the Priest turned away My wrath from upon the Children of Israel in his...

Parsha Bamidbar / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

May 18, 2020

Bamidbar: Rabbi Abraham

UNIVERSAL TORAH: BAMIDBAR By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Numbers 1:1-4:20 Haftara: Hosea 2:1-22. IN THE WILDERNESS It was fitting that the Giving of the Torah took place in no-man’s-land amidst the stark desolation...

Parshat Emor / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

April 3, 2020

Emor: Rabbi Abraham

by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Parshas EMOR, Leviticus 21:1-24:23 SAY TO THE PRIESTS As discussed in Universal Torah #20 TETZAVEH, the Torah conception of the priests and their relationship with the people is radically...

Parshat Vayikra / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

March 22, 2020

Vayikra: Rabbi Abraham

Lessons for Humanity by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Leviticus 1:1-5:26 AND G-D SPOKE TO HIM FROM THE TENT OF MEETING The last five parshahs of the Book of Exodus explained the form of the...

Parshat Vayigash / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

January 1, 2020

Vayigash: Rabbi Abraham

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...

Parshat Vayishlach / Rabbi Abraham

December 8, 2019

Parshat Vayishlach |Rabbi Avraham Ben Yaakov

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...

Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

November 10, 2019

Vayera: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Gen. 18.1-22.24. Haftara II Kings 4.1-37 (Sephardi ritual: II Kings 4.1-23). G-d’s Covenant with Abraham, marked by the sign of circumcision, brought Abraham to an entirely new level,...

Parshat Ki Tetzei / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

September 8, 2019

Ki Seitzei: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Abraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: KI SEITZEI, Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19. Haftara: Isaiah 54:1-10. WINNING THE PEACE On first examination, our parshah, KI SEITZEI, may appear to be a collection of many apparently unrelated commandments...

Parshat Balak / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

July 19, 2019

Balak: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: BALAK: Numbers 22:2-25:9. Haftara: Micah 5:6-6:8. * * * The story of Bilaam and his talking donkey is one of the most strangely picturesque sections of the whole...

Parshat Shelach / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

June 22, 2019

Shelach Lecha: Rabbi Abraham

UNIVERSAL TORAH: SHELACH LECHA By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: SHELACH LECHA, Numbers 13:1-15:41 Haftara: Joshua 2:1-24 With the arrival of the summer solstice and the longest day of the year, we are now...