Parashat Va-yera [Genesis 18-22] is one of the richest parashiyot in the Torah. Chapter 18 features the angels coming to announce the birth of Isaac, chapter 19 the conversation between God and Abraham about the fate of Sodom and Gemorrah, chapter 20 the second wife-sister story featuring Abraham and Sarah, …
Parashat Lech L’cha [Genesis 12:1-17:27] is the third of the parashiyot in Sefer Bereshit [Book of Genesis]. It has long been recognized as the beginning of our Jewish journey, though Abram [who is renamed Abraham in the parashah] is never identified as a Jew. He is Abram the Ivri, the …
Parashat Noah [Genesis 6:9-11:32] is the second parashah in Sefer B’reshit [Book of Genesis]. It largely consists of the Flood story, which …
After many summers at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, we began Parashah Talk again the week after Covid shut down so much …
Rabbis Eliot Malomet, Barry Chesler and Jeremy Kalmanofsky Written comments By Rabbi Barry Chesler On Tuesday afternoon, the first day of Sukkot, …
Parashat Nitzavim [Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20] is the last parashah of 5785, and consequently the last Parashah Talk of the year. We will be …
Parashat Ki Tavo [Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8] features, among other things, the lengthy curses [Deuteronomy 28:15-68] known as the tokhehah [Warning]for Israel’s failure to …
Parashat Ki Tetze [Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19] has more commandments than any other single parashah, 74 of the 613. While the laws do not …
Parashat Shoftim [Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9. The parashah features a discussion of the 4 primary biblical leaders: jkidges., prophet, kings, levitical priests. Each has …
