Toldot, meaning ‘generations,’ immediately begins with the stories about Jacob and Esau, Isaac’s twin sons who are destined to be eternal rivals. This week’s Torah portion is truly about Jacob,

This portion details the last saga of Abraham’s life, as he settls his affairs and prepares to bury his beloved Sarah. Abraham purchases a cemetery area for Sarah in the

Week of October 21, 2025 This Torah ‘sedrah’ is given over to the adventures of Noah. The purpose is more phenomenology. It seeks to explain some of the natural occurences

Week of September 22 Our Torah portion is only one chapter, and the title comes from the verb “h-l’ch,” to go or to walk. So the opening words are “Moses

week of July 7 Balak: Numbers 22:2 to 25:9 Our Torah portion takes its title from the name of the kind of Moab, who engages the prophet Balaam to work

Week of June23 to June 27 Korach, a Levite, is a cousin to Moses and Aaron. Chapters 16 and 17 describe his challenge to Moses’ and Aaron’s authority to continue

Week of June 30 to July 4 Our Torah reading, known as “laws,” i.e. statutes that are difficult to understand via our reasoned thinking, is a basic place for mystery

Week of June 9 Our Torah portion begins with repeated instructions to the biblical priests as to the proper method of lighting the seven-branched menorah in the Sanctuary. The first

In our Torah portion, which contains the classic words of the “priestly blesssing,” we also learn about the “nazir” and the vows made by a nazirite. The root “n-z-r” means

“The Lord said to Moses: speak “emor,” unto the priests, the sons of Aaron and say unto them…”  So this opening verse introduces all manner of regulations for the biblical