Category Archives: Torah

This Week’s Torah Portion

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Luke Ford

I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and YouTube. This week’s parsha is Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26). * This week’s parsha contains many verses on the death of Jacob. The … Continue reading →

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Jews Are A Merciful People

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Luke Ford

In a 1994 lecture on Gen. 50, Dennis Prager talked about verse 17: “And Joseph wept when they [his brothers] spoke to him.” Dennis: The rabbis taught in a midrash — “he who shows himself merciful to his fellow man … Continue reading →

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The End Of Genesis

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Luke Ford

I discuss the parsha with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7pm PST on my live cam. This week we talk about the Torah portion of Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27). Video seven has been deleted because we said some things that were not … Continue reading →

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Yisroel Pensack: Chanukah — A Different Perspective

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Yisroel Pensack

An Israeli rabbi, in an essay published this week, has offered an unusually realistic view of the significance of Chanukah. “Some believe that we are celebrating the fact that an amount of oil burned longer than expected. This is a … Continue reading →

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Yisroel Pensack: 40 Die in Chanukah Forest Fire in Israel in Country’s ‘Biggest and Deadliest’ Blaze

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Yisroel Pensack

The New York Times reports: JERUSALEM — A fire raging in a northern Israel forest on Thursday has left at least 40 people dead, caused the evacuation of thousands of people, burned some kibbutz houses to the ground and prompted … Continue reading →

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