Tag Archives: Genesis

Lech L’cha: #MeToo

Posted on October 25, 2017 by

Lech l’cha. This parasha has so much in it, it’s hard to pick a focus. But, thanks to my sister, Rabbi Jan Salzman, in Burlington VT, she has made it easier. Rabbi Jan leads “Ruach HaMaqom”, a wonderful, warm and … Continue reading →

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Vayetzei: Fiddler and Fair Labor

Posted on December 8, 2016 by

PERCHIK: Now children, I will tell you the story from the Bible of Laban and Jacob…Now, Laban had two daughters, Leah, and the beautiful Rachel.  And Jacob loved the younger Rachel, and he asked Laban for her hand. Laban agreed, … Continue reading →

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Toldot: No more

Posted on December 1, 2016 by

  (Image credit to Sharon Rosenzweig, artist extraordinaire) Some say the most difficult passage in the Torah narrative is the binding of Isaac, when God asks Abraham to kill his own son as a sacrifice to God, to prove his … Continue reading →

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Chayeh Sarah: Holy Space

Posted on November 23, 2016 by

Sarah died.  In the entire history of the Jewish people to this point, this is the first time we read about someone dying and being buried.  Abel died back in Eden, but we know nothing about where he was buried.  … Continue reading →

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Vayera: Don’t feed the mob

Posted on November 17, 2016 by

This week’s parasha is so full of narrative and meaning, I hardly know where to begin.  But since I must narrow it down to something, and since I’m still reeling from the events of last week, looking for rays of … Continue reading →

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Noach: Rainbows

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

Everyone has a rainbow story.  The first time you saw one.  The time you saw a double rainbow.  They are stunning and magical and ethereal and fragile; they make you stop and really look.   I once saw a triple rainbow.  … Continue reading →

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Bereshit: Before the beginning

Posted on October 8, 2015 by

“Nothing comes from nothing.  Nothing ever could.” Life is lived in the lyrics of musicals, it’s true.  Ok, it’s true for me, but this lyric from perhaps one of my less-favorite songs/scenes in “Sound of Music” rings true for this … Continue reading →

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Bereshit: Creation and closets

Posted on October 15, 2014 by

It doesn’t get better than this. Ok, I know I say that about a lot of Torah portions, but this? This is the beginning. The genesis of it all. Genesis. The beginning. But where to start…If ever there was a … Continue reading →

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Toldot – Beware the helicopter parent

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

I have two daughters in college.  As they each entered university, orientation leaders warned us  against becoming the dreaded, “helicopter parent”, that mother or father who hovered over the newly launched co-ed.  Now, I had long internalized my sister’s axiom … Continue reading →

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