by RabbiOlivier | Dec 15, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Mikeitz Genesis 41:1 – 44:17 Interpreting Dreams, Creating Reality This Torah portion begins with Pharaoh’s famous dreams. First, seven cows come up from the Nile fat and sturdy, followed by seven cows sickly and gaunt; the latter eat the former. Then, seven...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 8, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Vayeshev Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 Embracing Imbalance Vayeishev, the name and first word of this week’s Torah portion has caused much ink to be spilled. Vayeishev is translated in English to mean: “And he settled,” referring to Jacob finally settling down “in the...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 1, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Vayishlach Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 Awakening from Within the Silence One of the first revelations that meditation gifts us with is an encounter with the unbelievable noise that lies within us, right behind our closed eyes. As if by magic, as soon as our eyes...
by RabbiOlivier | Nov 24, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Vayeitzei Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 God Was in This Place There is one verse in this week’s Torah portion which encompasses the entirety of the Kabbalistic endeavor: “Waking from his sleep, Jacob said, ‘Truly, the Eternal is in this place, and I did not know it!’”...
by RabbiOlivier | Nov 17, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Toledot Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 Breaking Free From The Great Teachers At the opening of Toledot we find Isaac pleading with God, in the presence of his barren wife, Rebecca, that she might—after twenty years of waiting—finally bear a child. God hears Isaac’s plea...
