Vayigash Genesis 44:18-47:27 By Jen Smith Vayigash is one of the most emotionally intimate passages in the Torah. After years of betrayal, silence, and longing, Judah steps forward (vayigash elav – and he drew near) and everything changes. Joseph decides he can no longer hold back, so he reveals his identity to his brothers, cries […]
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Miketz Genesis 41:1-44:17 By Jen Smith Parshat Miketz begins with timing: Miketz shnatayim yamim – At the end of two years. Two years of waiting. Two years of silence. Two years in which Joseph remains suspended between promise and fulfillment. In our Jewish tradition, waiting is never empty; it is a hidden stage of becoming. Pharaoh’s dreams come to him because something unseen has ripened. Before wisdom can appear in the world, […]
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Vayeshev Genesis 37:1–40:23 By Jen Smith Parashat Vayeshev opens with a simple line that is anything but simple: Vayeshev Yaakov b’eretz megurei aviv – And Jacob settled in the land where his fathers dwelled (Genesis 37:1). After decades of turmoil including Esau’s rage, Laban’s deceit, and a lifetime of wandering, Jacob understandably longs to settle, […]
Vayishlach Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 By Jen Smith Parshat Vayishlach opens with Jacob preparing for one of the most emotionally charged encounters in the Torah: meeting his estranged brother Esau after twenty years. This is not a simple reunion – it is a confrontation with fear, guilt, memory, family history, and the shadows of old […]
Vayetzei Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 By Jen Smith Parashat Vayetzei opens with one of the most iconic and mysterious scenes in the Torah. Frightened and alone, Jacob lies down in the wilderness with nothing but a stone for a pillow. As night falls, he dreams of a sulam, a ladder connecting earth and heaven, with […]
Click Dates in Bold for More Information Tues, Dec. 2 7th-12th Gr. 6-6:30pm Pizza; 6:30-8pm Classes Tues, Dec. 2 6:30-8pm 7th Gr Speaker Warren Marcus Fri, Dec. 56:30pm Camp-Inspired Shabbat Service Sun, Dec. 7 9:30am-12:30pm PreK-6th Gr. Tues, Dec. 9 7th-12th Gr. 6-6:30pm Pizza; 6:30-8pm Classes Thurs, Dec. 11 7:00pm Parents/Teens(13+): Sufgani-Challah Experience Sat, Dec. […]
Toldot Genesis 25:19–28:9 By Jen Smith Parshat Toldot is, at its core, a story about family: its beauty, its tensions, and the deep spiritual work of raising the next generation. In the opening lines, we meet two children who could not be more different: Esau, a ruddy, outdoorsy, rough and tumble boy, and Jacob, the […]
