Temple Beth David

Shemot 6:10 But when Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to Moses, their spirits crushed by cruel bondage.   Shemot 6:12 But Moses appealed to the […]

Bereishit 49:1 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Come together that I may tell you what is to befall you in days to come.”   But Jacob does not […]

Bereishit 44:17-18 But [Joseph] replied, “Far be it from me to act thus! Only he in whose possession the goblet was found shall be my slave; the rest of you […]

Bereishit 41:45,50-52 Pharaoh then gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him for a wife Asenath daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On. … Before the years of famine came, […]

Where we left off, Jacob and Esau have a partial reconciliation. They cannot live together — they can leave each other in peace. The Midrash notes disapprovingly that Jacob cannot […]

Bereishit 32:25-30 Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he wrenched Jacob’s […]

Bereishit 28:10-15 Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran. He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the  night, for the sun had set. Taking one of […]

Isaac’s family is damaged by the Akedah. Isaac, while seemingly successful, has a dimmed vision.   Rashi, Avivah Zornberg trans. When Isaac was bound on the altar and his father […]

Bereishit 23:1-2 Sarah’s lifetime — the span of Sarah’s life — came to one hundred and twenty seven years. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba — now Hebron — in the land […]

Parshat Vayera Bereishit 21:6-8 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter; everyone who hears will laugh with me.” And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would […]