Are you emotionally stuck?

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And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. (Bereshit/Genesis 45:2)

Vayigash

For the week of December 27, 2025 / 7 Tevet 5786

Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 44:18 – 47:27

Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28

Originally posted the week of December 15, 2018 / 7 Tevet 5779 (revised)

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The clarifying light of Hanukkah

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And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?” (Bereshit/Genesis 41:38)

Miketz, Hanukkah, & Rosh Hodesh

For the week of December 20, 2025 / 30 Kislev 5786

Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 41:1 – 44:17; B’midbar/Numbers 28:9–15, 7:42–53

Hatarah: Zechariah: 2:14 – 4:7 (English: 2:10 – 4:7)

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Are life's complications really all that necessary?

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The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed. (Bereshit/Genesis 39:23)

Vayeshev

For the week of December 13, 2025 / 23 Kislev 5786

Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 37:1-40:23

Haftarah: Amos 2:6-3:8

Originally posted the week of December 24, 2016 / 24 Kislev 5777 (updated)

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Fear can be a handy tool when used properly

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And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,’ I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children. But you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’” (Bereshit/Genesis 32:10–13; English 32:9–12)

Vayishlach

For the week of December 6, 2025 / 16 Kislev 5786

Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 (English: 32:3 – 36:43)

Haftarah: Hosea 11:7 – 12:12

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God's complex love for Israel

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I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. (Hoshea/Hosea 13:14)

Vayetzei

For the week of November 29, 2025 / 9 Kislev 5786

Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 28:10 – 32:3

Haftarah: Hoshea/Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 (English: 12:12 – 14:9)

Originally posted the week of December 7, 2024 / 6 Kislev 5785 (revised)

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Does prayer really make a difference?

And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (Bereshit/Genesis 25:21)

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Toledot

For the week of November 22, 2025 / 2 Kislev 5786

Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 25:19-28:9

Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18-42

Originally posted the week of November 22, 2014 / 29 Heshvan 5775 (updated)

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Faith shouldn't be mindless

Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me: I give the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.” (Bereshit/Genesis 23:12-13)

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Hayyei Sarah

For the week of November 15, 2025 / 25 Heshvan 5786

Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 23:1 – 25:18

Haftarah: 1 Melachim/1 Kings 1:1-31

Originally posted the week of November 23, 2019 / 25 Heshvan 5780

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Truth is stranger than fiction

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. (Bereshit/Genesis 20:2)

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Vayera

For the week of November 8, 2025 / 17 Heshvan 5786

Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 18:1 – 22:24

Haftarah: 2 Melachim/2 Kings 4:1-37

Originally posted the week of November 4, 2017 / 15 Heshvan 5778 (updated)

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