Last week, Rabbi Barenblat wrote about habits and grooves. Pharaoh had hardened his heart so many times that it “just stayed that way”. Exodus teaches us to examine our habits closely, like shoes—the shoes that God told Moses to remove “because of holy ground”. Habits—the right ones—need to be cultivated, such as little acts of kindness. Please follow the link to her blog below to read this article:
Rabbi Cantor Robbins writes a beautiful article about maintaining the spark of light from Chanukah, for the weeks after the chag has ended: The question is to whether we can hold onto the light, but will we hold onto it?
Rabbi Barenblat addresses the text which indicates that the Israelites were impatient and crushed by despair. She quotes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who said that to make justice a reality for all requires hard work; we cannot sit back and wait for it to happen. The world will not magically go back to pre-pandemic normal; we have to work.
Rabbi Barenblat addresses the text which indicates that the Israelites were impatient and crushed by despair. She quotes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who said that to make justice a reality for all requires hard work; we cannot sit back and wait for it to happen. The world will not magically go back to pre-pandemic normal; we have to work.
Rabbi Sacks compares Pharaoh’s refusal to make the right decision, even though the outcome is obvious. Pharaoh undoubtedly felt he was being strong, in contrast to his advisors, who saw him leading his people to disaster. He remains an enduring symbol of a failure to listen to his own advisors.
In this passage, God indicates to Moses that He did not make Himself fully known to Abrahan, Isaac and Jacob; clearly a new and different Divine revelation is about to happen. Although God was known as the Creator of heaven and earth, they did not see nature as the work of one God, but of many – the sun, the rain, the sea, etc
In this passage, God indicates to Moses that He did not make Himself fully known to Abrahan, Isaac and Jacob; clearly a new and different Divine revelation is about to happen. Although God was known as the Creator of heaven and earth, they did not see nature as the work of one God, but of many – the sun, the rain, the sea, etc
Poem written in my parked car outside the synagogue waiting for the bomb squad to sweep the building again
Chaplain Leslie Klipstein is a staff chaplain at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank, CA.
In this week’s parashah, Joseph can no longer conceal his identity and escape his past. He does this by asking first, “Is my father still well?” Instead of starting with condemnations of his brothers. This indicates Joseph’s new capacity to be true to himself.