Vayeira Gen. 18:1 – 22:24 Rabbi Gary Pokras Why did God pick Avraham to be the founding father of Judaism? The tradition sums it up with one word: hospitality. Avraham’s devotion to hospitality, to caring not only for his family, but for the stranger, is one of the personal qualities that set him apart. We […]
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Lech L’cha Gen. 12:1 – 17:27 Rabbi Gary Pokras This week’s parashah, Lech L’cha, is enormous in scope. Within just a single portion, God calls upon Avram to leave everything he knows, his father and most of his family, for a future he cannot even begin to imagine. God guides Avram to settle with his […]
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Noach Gen. 6:9 – 11:32 Rabbi Gary Pokras Jewish math can sometimes be “creative.” To wit, the final verse in this week’s Torah portion: “The days of Terach were 205 years and Terach died in Haran.” (Gen. 11:32). On the surface, this verse about Avram’s father does not seem to be any different from how […]
Bereshit Gen. 1:1 – 6:8 By Rabbi Baht Weiss (Please note this blog was written prior to October 7 and the events unfolding in Israel-Rabbi Pokras will be discussing the situation about the War in Israel on the bima at Friday Night Shabbat Services) I want to ask a bold question. Is God nonbinary? This […]
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