by RabbiOlivier | Jan 1, 2016 | Torah Reflections
Shemot Exodus 1:1 – 6:1 You Can Take Moses Out of Egypt, But… This week marks the beginning of the Exodus story with Moses as its central character. At its core, this story is one of liberation. And beneath its literal level, it is about the inner...
by RabbiOlivier | Jan 24, 2014 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Mishpatim Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 The Angel Within Can you imagine what it must have been like the day after? Just yesterday we were at the foot of Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments. It was big. It was thunderous. Our...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 27, 2013 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
VaEira Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 Know Thyself to be Enslaved Every year, as I meet the text narrating the plagues of Egypt, I am confronted with the same paradox. God commends Moses to ask Pharaoh to free the Hebrews. Pharaoh refuses. God brings down a plague. Pharaoh...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 20, 2013 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Shemot Exodus 1:1 – 6:1 Beyond Fear And Morality This week we open the Book of Exodus. Jacob and his sons settled in Egypt as Joseph, then Viceroy, invited them to. After that generation dies out we are told, “the Israelites were fertile and prolific; they...
by RabbiOlivier | Jan 13, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Shemot – You Can Take Moses Out of Egypt, But… Exodus 1:1 – 6:1 This week marks the beginning of the Exodus story with Moses as its central character. At its core, this story is one of liberation. And beneath its literal level, it...