Category Archives: Parasha Drash

Parashat Bereshit

We just finished a cycle of reading the Torah and are starting a new one. May it be as King David sang in Ps 23:3 ”ינחני במעגלי-צדק למען סמו“ּ(yancheni b’maglei-tzedek l’maan shmo) I am grateful that we have another year to continue discovering the treasures hidden in Torah. And it starts, of course, with “B’reshit” […]

Parashat Vayeishev (Gen 37:1 – 40:23)

By Ariane Leonhard Today’s Parasha starts with the sentence: וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מְגוּרֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan I would like to suggest that this sentence gives us the key to understanding a most important truth in the abrupt turn our story […]

Parashat Shemot (Ex 1:1 – 6:1)

December 25, 2021 Though it is translated as “Exodus” (and it does begin the story of the Exodus of the children of Israel), the title of our Parasha gives us a hint of the main theme that runs through it. This theme is best expressed through Ex 2:25: וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֖דַע אֱלֹהִֽים  And […]