It is fair to say that most of us already know the story of this week’s portion of the Torah pretty well. It does not really matter what has happened to us in the past, the fears of what may happen in the future will make us complain. These complaints will be accompani...
When our first child was born, immediately I started trying to figure out who he looked like – if he looked like my husband or if he looked like me. To my dismay, he looked exactly like my husband! I’ve gotten over it since then. But as time passes, I find myself st...
Moses argues in this week’s portion of the Torah, “Behold, I am unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?” The relationship between Moses, Aaron and the Pharaoh are then defined, “See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your pr...
Reading yet once again the portion of the Torah of this Shabbat, Shemot, from the book of Exodus, the ancient story became familiar to me than ever before. Today I want to speak of two stries of stones, two stories of deprivation, and two stories where what is done als...
