Rabbi David’s Blog
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Vayishlach
December 13, 2024 / 12 Kislev 5785 Jacob and Esau again! Parashat Vayishlach's preoccupation is the reunion and reconciliation of Isaac and Rebekah's twin sons. [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Vayetzei
December 6, 2024 / 5 Kislev 5785 Two words, a command which couldn't be more categorical - lo tignov - Do Not Steal! [Exodus 20:13] And theft [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Toldot
November 29, 2024 / 28 Cheshvan 5785 Our ancestor Isaac digs wells. The Midrash makes a fuss over how many: maybe four, maybe five, maybe [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Chayei-Sara
November 22, 2024 / 21 Cheshvan 5785 Rivka/Rebekah and Yitzhak/Isaac meet in a most dramatic way. Now Yitzhak had gone out from where you come [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Vayera
November 15, 2024 / 14 Cheshvan 5785 "Intense focusing on a task can make people effectively blind, even to stimuli that normally attract attention" wrote Nobel [...]
Shabbat Reflection: Parashat Lech-Lecha
November 8, 2024 / 8 Cheshvan 5785 Lekh L’kha begins, famously, with God’s call to Avram and Sarai to hit the road. “YHWH said to [...]