Archive for November 2020
Mountain, Field, and House
In the beginning of this week’s parsha, Yaakov Avinu leaves home on his way to Charan to find a
The 1st Thanks in Jewish History
In this week’s parsha, VaYetze, when our foremother Leah gave birth to her fourth son, she named him “Yehuda.”
Fifth & Sixth
The Anomaly After the Matriarch Leah gave birth to four sons, she experienced a child-bearing hiatus. Jacob then married
Surrounded by Blessings
The births of many of our ancestors for whom the tribes of Israel are named occur in this week’s Torah
Sometimes You Can Go Home
Thomas Wolfe famously titled his posthumously published 1940 novel, “You Can’t Go Home Again.” The protagonist in the book
Acceptance & Initiative
“Yaakov departed from Be’er Sheva and went toward Charan. He came to the place (Mount Moriah) and he spent
Stephen Zappia
Zappia – Stephen November 25, 2020. Beloved husband of Colette Zappia; loving father of Tracie Zappia and Eric (Betsy)
Never Enough
In the beginning of this week’s Parsha we are told that Yitzchak and Rivka were not able to have
Discover the Extraordinary in The Ordinary
A chassid went to the Baal Shem Tov in Mezhibuzh and said, “Rebbe, I want to see Elijah the Prophet.”
A Changed World
The Ruse When Rebecca asked her son Jacob to appropriate the first-born blessings that his father Isaac intended for Esau,