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Chayei Sarah: Understanding the Essence of Mearat HaMachpela
I have special memories of davening in Kever Machpela, the holy burial site of our Avot and Imahot during my seminary year. I remember beginning my shemonei esrei and the words “elokei Avraham, elokei Yitzchak v’elokei Yaakov” had never felt more real to me. As we read in the parsha about Sarah’s passing and Avraham’s…
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Vayeira: Sarah, the Hostess Par Excellence
The life of Sarah Imeinu was impressive, incredible and inspiring. She was a spiritual-focused woman in a world which denied Hashem, mentor to the many souls who came physically and spiritually hungry to her tent and miraculously became a mother at age 100. Yet, we do not hear much detail about any of these facets…
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Lech Lecha: The Significance of a Name Change
In lashon hakodesh, a name is not merely a label, but a reflection of one’s inner essence…
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Noach: Overcoming Our Internal Mabul
Arriving at only the second parsha in the Torah, we read of the complete destruction of the world through powerful waters: the waters of the flood…
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Bereshit: Chava, Uncovering Women’s True Essence
Bereishit is all about beginnings, foundations, conception. The first day on earth, the first person, the first relationship – it all starts here…
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Vayechi: Understanding Rachel’s Burial Place
Parshat Vayechi is essentially the last will and testament of Yaakov Avinu…
