Torah Portion In Real Time: Vayetze
FIRST UP, THEN DOWN In our last Torah Portion, Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to take a wife from there. We all know that it happened after the story of the “stolen…
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Torah Portion In Real Time: Toldot
GODLY HUSBAND Our Torah Portion starts in Genesis 25. By the end of the previous chapter, Isaac and Rebecca met, and we all witnessed this amazing transformation, how the story of faith…
Torah Portion In Real Time: Hayyei-sarah
My dear readers, in the beginning I was uncertain when publishing the article about the first Torah Portion of the year. There are so many sites with Parashat Shavua commentaries, I thought, …
Torah Portion In Real Time: Vayera In The Light Of The New...
FROM ANNUNCIATION TO SACRIFICE Torah Portion Vayera (“And He Appeared”, Gen.18:1-22:24) would be of special interest to the New Testament’ readers because the structure of this portion, in a sense, is similar…
Torah Portion In Real Time: Lech Lecha
GOD’S NAVIGATOR The famous chapter 12 of the book of Genesis, where our today’s Portion starts, opens with God’s words to Abraham: Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your…