VayeiraOr Va-yera ( וירא Hebrew) for “and He appeared,” is the fourth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual cycle of Torah readingGenesis chapters 18:1 to 22:24Summary of the ParshahThree days after Abraham circumcised himself at the age of 99, G-d revealed Himself to him. As Abraham looked up, three guests, who were angels disguised [...]
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Parashat Vayeira
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Parashat Lech-Lecha
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Lech Lecha (Genesis 12-17)
Lech-Lecha, Lekh-Lekha, in Hebrew means “go for you”, is the third weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading.
The summary of the Torah portion (parshah)
The first two parshah of Genesis tell the story of the creation of the world. The third parshah is the story of the beginnings of the Jewish [...]
Parashat Noach
Posted in Parashat on October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Noah – Noach
(Genesis 6:9-11:32)
Noah is the only righteous man in a world consumed by violence and corruption -G-d instructs him to build a large wooden “ark”), coated within and without with pitch. A great flood, says G-d, will wipe out all life from the face of the earth; but the ark will float upon the [...]
Parashat Bereshit
Posted in Parashat on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
B”H
Bereishitבראשית
Means“in the beginning”
Genesis 1:1 – 6:8
The first weekly Torah portion in annual Cycle of Torah reading
The Joke
One day a group of Darwinian scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed G-d. So they picked one Darwinian to go and tell Him that they were done with Him.
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