Dear Friends, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and an early Shabbat Shalom! Did you know there is a connection between Thanksgiving and this week’s parasha: Vayeitzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3)? Isn’t it always amazing how Torah and our lives intersect? In Parashat Vayetzei, Jacob departs Canaan, dreams of a ladder to heaven, arrives at his Uncle Continue Reading »
This week’s Torah portion begins with the story of Abram leaving his birthplace in Haran. God promises the land of Canaan to Abram and his descendants. Because of a famine in the land, Abram takes his family to Egypt. While there, the pharaoh orders Abram’s wife, Sarai, to live in his palace. Plagues come upon Continue Reading »
