Chumash Bereshit – Video

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Tom Stoppard Is Dead – Parshat Vayishlach

Stoppard was never remotely religious, but his unwitting world view was so Jewish. He summed up in his immortal line which could have been a quote from our sages: "Every exit is an entrance somewhere else."

Meeting in the Dark – Parshat Vayetze

In the darkness of exile, when the familiar secure structures of holiness fall away, and we don’t “see” Hashem through the clear light of prophecy or miracles. Instead, we stumble upon Him — in the loneliness, in the confusion, in the pain. It is precisely there, in the hiddenness, that the deepest revelation awaits us.

The Brothers – Parshat Toldot

Parshat Toldos is not just the story of two brothers. It’s a blueprint of history, and a mirror of the times we’re living through right now. The Torah tells us that even before Yaakov and Eisav were born, they were already struggling inside their mother. This was the very first expression of two completely different ways of looking at existence.

True Life Stories – Parshat Chayei Sara

A life bound to Hashem does not end; it merely changes form. What appears as an ending is, in truth, a revelation of what life always was — attachment to eternity.

A Hitchiker’s Guide to Eternity – Parshat Lech Lecha

How to achieve calm and tranquility in a world that constantly stresses you out.

Empowering Others – Parshat Miketz

Yosef’s wisdom and discernment geared up Egypt for a devastating famine, the likes of which had never been known. To achieve the mobilization of an entire country requires a specific kind of success

Dreaming the Dream – Parshat Vayeishev

Jews have always been dreamers. Why is it that so often our dreams don't come true?

How Long Is the Coast of Britain? – Parshat Vayishlach

Life's difficulties are proportionate to the scale you give them.

Life After Life – Parshat Vayetze

The most certain thing in life is also the most frightening. But death is really no more than a birth into another existence.

The Lobbes – Parshat Toldot

Lobbes" is a Yiddish word that British Jews are familiar with, but I've met few American Jews who know what it means. What is a 'lobbes" and what does it have to do with Parshat Toldot?