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Why would God reveal the beginning of all things to Moses? Maya Angelou, poet and author said, “If you don’t know from where you’ve come, you won’t know where you’re going.” Most of us don’t know where we are going in this life because we are haunted by our past. We don’t know how to live fully […]
Bereshit 5784 Chao vs Order, Void Vs Fullness, Light Vs Darkness…Choose! In Genesis 1:2, we find a very important element in the story of creation: תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ “tohu v’vohu” translated as “unformed and void” or chaos. Not long ago, I watched a video of a group of young people whose goal was to destroy anything […]
27 Tishrei 5783 taken from message from Ranebi on 27 Tishrei 5777 Recording: https://youtu.be/ock-zbd9hNk Do we think the Creator doesn’t see us? The Torah is filled with stories that hold universal teachings for humanity. One such story is in Parashat Bereshit in Chapter 4, in which we read about two brothers, Cain and Abel, the first […]
Where are you?” When we are children, the only thing we are interested in is today. When we get older, if we are wise, we realize that we need to face our past before we are able to move on to a healthy future. That’s what the Torah does for us. Before I came back to […]
God Exists simply because He Exists 29 Tishrei 5781 Last week we celebrated Simchat Torah… one of the most joyous holidays on our calendar but this year we were not able to enjoy it in person as a congregation when we traditionally dance with the Torah scrolls for the joy that it represents for us […]
