Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat Hayyei Sarah [Genesis 23:1-25:18] features the longest chapter in Genesis, chapter 24, the story of the servant [often identified as Eliezer but unnamed in the story] finding a wife for Isaac. It is a well-formed literary unit with much to …
Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat Va-yera [Genesis 18-22] is a parashah we seem to know well because we read chapters 21 and 22 on the two days of Rosh Hashanah and chapter 18 contains the famous dialogue between God and Abraham over the fate of …
Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat Lekh Lekha [Genesis 12:1-17:27] seems to have something for everyone. There is …
Parashat Noah [Genesis 6:9-11:32], as the name suggests, primarily deals with the story of Noah and the Flood. For modern Bible critrics, …
Parashat B’ereshit [Genesis 1:1-6:8], the first parashah in the Book of Genesis, begins our annual journey through the Torah. Those of you …
The parashah this week, Ve-zot Ha-b’rakhah [Deuteronomy 33-34] has the unusual distinction of not being read on Shabbat in the Diaspora. Because …
There is no parashat ha-shavu’a this week since the beginning days of the holiday of Sukkot are on Shabbat and Sunday. As …
This year parashat Ha’azinu [Deuteronomy 32:1-52] coincides with Shabbat Shuvah, the Sabbath of Shuvah, which is the first word of the haftarah. …
Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat Nitzavim-Va-yelekh [Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30] is the last of the 7 shabbatot of comfort …
Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat Ki Tavo [Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8] features one of my favorite Torah passages, the …