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How long until we face our fears? The book of Job says: “For what I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has come upon me. I had no repose, no quiet, no rest; and trouble came.” (Job 3:25-26). In El Salvador, we say: “Too much analysis generates paralysis.” Over-analysis usually stems from an […]
With Whom Do You Associate? In Parashat Vayishlach, we read about the encounter between Jacob and Esau when Jacob is finally returning home. Our sages vary in their opinions about Esau’s character and even our prophets have given him a terrible reputation such as Malachi 1:3: “Yes, I have loved Jacob, and Esau I have […]
16 Kislev 578 What do Jacob and Hanukkah have in common? Listen to the Recorded Message: https://youtu.be/VZ8vuuYzbMw In a couple of weeks, we will celebrate a special festival for our people, Hanukkah. This is the Festival of Lights and this year we will light the seventh candle on Christmas day. There is a relationship between the […]
To watch the Recorded message, click on https://youtu.be/0Kj0NIPzQrc Bereshit 32: 4-36: 43 In this week’s parashah Vayishlach, we read about: Jacob’s message to Esau before finding him; about Jacob’s fight with an angel; the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau; Dina’s dishonor being avenged by her brothers; God blessing Jacob at Bethel; Rachel’s death; Isaac’s death […]
This parashah in the Torah, Vayishlach reminds us of our humanity – of our fears, desires, aspirations, dreams, our internal struggle and our social condition. But the most beautiful thing about it, is that it teaches us how to overcome our adversities, how to become better people, better parents, better children, better siblings and that […]
With Whom Do You Associate? Kislev 16 5780 וַיִּשְׁלַח, ט”ז כסלו תש”פ In Parashat Vayishlach, we read about the encounter between Jacob and Esau when Jacob is finally returning home. I hold a very different view about Esau than most of our sages and even our prophets who have given him such a terrible reputation… […]
