by RabbiOlivier | Oct 26, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Lech Lecha Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 Abraham: A Promise For The Future This week’s Torah portion marks the beginning of the Patriarchal story in the Book of Genesis. Abraham receives God’s call to leave his home and travel to an unknown land with the...
by RabbiOlivier | Oct 19, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Noah Genisis 6:0 – 11:32 Noah: A Righteous Man in His Generation? There is a thought-provoking Midrash about Noah from this week’s Torah portion that details a debate between two rabbis as to why the biblical author begins with introducing Noah as...
by RabbiOlivier | Oct 15, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Bereshit Genesis 1:1 – 6:8 Cain And Abel: A Teaching on Generosity Abel was a Shepherd and Cain tilled the soil. And it was, after the passing of days, that Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the Eternal; and as for Abel, he too brought...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 21, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Sh’mini – Merging With The One Light Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 As our weekly reading resumes, following the end of Passover, we are met by one of the most mesmerizing stories in Torah: the fiery death of Aharon’s sons Nadav and...
by RabbiOlivier | Apr 6, 2012 | Holidays, Torah Reflections
A Connection Through Time Thursday is coming to a close, and tomorrow night is the first night of Passover. I just finished cleaning our house and I can’t imagine there could be any chametz left anywhere. Chametz is the Hebrew word that stands for all...