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Show me the way to go home… Parashat Vayera exemplifies cycles and patterns drawn from the stories of its characters that can help prevent us from repeating the mistakes of our predecessors. Our beloved rabbi always likened the events in our lives to a spiral that can be viewed from an upward or downward perspective. He […]
Can We Turn Hate to Love? When I was in High School, what I loved most about Algebra and Geometry were the formulas. I kept a record of every new formula and it was like a game where I could plug in the specifications to find the correct answer. Believe it or not, that’s how […]
18 Cheshvan 5783 Am I compromising my integrity? To set the stage of the message for today, allow me to give you a little history about Parashah Vayera. Abram has now become Abraham and Sarai, Sarah. There’s a very interesting narrative in chapters 18 and 22 which are important in light of religions creating and […]
The Recorded message: https://youtu.be/M4GA9Kq5VV4 “The Power of our Actions” This week’s portion is Vayera “And appeared” וַיֵּרָא. In my opinion, this word can also be understood as “the Divine Presence manifested itself” in a situation, in a moment, and a specific person: Abraham. When we get up in the morning, we recite a beautiful prayer called […]
What are We Sowing? Cheshvan 20, 5781 This Parashah, Vayera וַיֵּרָא “and He appeared”, like all the portions of the Torah, tells us stories to help us have a better life. As human beings, we tend to put God in a box according to our understanding and our preconceptions. How often have we heard the […]
Are we able to see beyond our own noses? Cheshvan 18 5780 Several words are repeated over and over in this portion Vayera – appear, see, look, to emphasize a principle for us from our Creator. Sometimes things happen to us that get us to open our eyes. Blind faith is not what the Bore […]
