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Tag: Bereshit
The Builder of the Dwelling
God created the world but it was not complete until a home was made for God. These homes come in the forms of the Mishkan
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Pekudei
Parashat Pekudei Haftarah
On Loss
This week's haftarah juxtaposes King David preparing for his own death with both Jacob and Joseph's preparations for their own deaths.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Haftarah
Study Guide: My Wife or Your Mother?
In this week’s parashah, Jacob asks Joseph to swear to bury him not in Egypt but rather lay him to rest with his ancestors.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Study Guide
True Lovingkindness
Parashat Vayechi chronicles the deaths of Jacob and his son, Joseph, both of whom provide explicit instructions regarding their burials.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Dvar Torah
Golden Bowls and Grand Concepts
In making sense of details we begin to construct the grander concept and we realize we are in the presence of something bigger.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Miketz
Parashat Miketz Haftarah
Study Guide: The Perfect Gift
The brothers need more food but were told not to return without their youngest brother, whom their father refuses to part with.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Miketz
Parashat Miketz Study Guide
From Despair to Repair
In this week’s parashah, Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar tricks him into sleeping with her after she is not able to conceive with his sons.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Vayeshev
Parashat Vayeshev Dvar Torah
The Struggles That Shape Us
On the eve of Jacob’s meeting with his brother Esau, he finds himself wrestling with a divine figure, winning, and receiving a new name.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 5, 2022
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Dvar Torah
Study Guide: Dual Loyalty
In the situation that revolves around Rachel and Leah's respective marriages to Jacob, a question of loyalty to family is asked.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 27, 2022
Parashat Vayetzei
Parashat Vayetzei Study Guide
A Spiritual Exercise
After leaving his father's home, Jacob dreams of God and experiences prayer for the first time. Learn about living in dialogue with God.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 27, 2022
Parashat Vayetzei
Parashat Vayetzei Dvar Torah
Pushback
In the haftarah for Parashat Toldot, the Book of Malachi describes a dialogue of pushback between God and the people of Israel.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 17, 2022
Parashat Toldot
Parashat Toldot Haftarah
Study Guide: Let’s Eat to That!
Discuss commentary on Jacob and Esau's interaction in Toldot. This study guide discusses the transaction of Esau's birth right.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 17, 2022
Parashat Toldot
Parashat Toldot Study Guide
The Blinding of Isaac: A Blessing in Disguise
In Toldot, Isaac, now the family patriarch, bestows the blessing of the firstborn on Jacob instead of Esau, when Jacob tricks him.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 16, 2022
Parashat Toldot
Parashat Toldot Dvar Torah
Modifying Memories
With memories ever-changing, how do we trust what we remember and what is shared with us? How do we trust the memories of Torah characters?
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 13, 2022
Parashat Chayei Sarah Haftarah
Sefer Bereshit / Book of Genesis
A Crown of Glory
Parashat Chayei Sarah describes the final years of Abraham’s life, following the death of his wife Sarah and culminating in Abraham’s own death.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 13, 2022
Parashat Chayei Sarah
Parashat Chayei Sarah Dvar Torah
The Moon is Always Female
In the beginning, according to God’s original plan, the Sun and the Moon were two who ruled alongside one another. What happened?
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 16, 2022
Parashat Bereshit
Parashat Bereshit Dvar Torah