by RabbiOlivier | Dec 29, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Vayigash – Soul To Soul Genesis 44:18 – 47:27 This week’s Torah portion opens in Pharaoh’s quarters where Joseph, who has yet to reveal himself to his brothers, is receiving them after a “stolen” goblet (planted by...
by katie@betalef.org | Dec 21, 2011 | Events, Holidays, Photos
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by RabbiOlivier | Dec 21, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
On the Holiday of Chanukkah – The Next Messiah The holiday of Chanukkah is a celebration of light, the commemoration of an ancient miracle. It is a time for us to reflect on the light in our life, and be reminded of the miracle that is life. Chanukkah means...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 16, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Vayeishev – The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Joseph Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 Meet Joseph. Joseph is Jacob’s favorite son, to whom he gave the famous coat of many colors. Though we meet him at seventeen as our Torah portion opens, Joseph...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 10, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Vayishlach – Being Present to Our Fear Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 In the previous Torah portion we read about Jacob’s vision of the ladder that came to him in a dream. At the end of that vision God appears to him to say: “And here I am,...