In this week’s Parashah Point on the portion Vayetze, we see how jealousy manifests itself, but then learn why it’s better to rejoice with those who rejoice.
Bar mitzvah gift idea for Parshat Vayetze. Artwork of the parsha, showing the marriage of Jacob to Leah, while Rachel sneaks off behind them.
Dr. Laitman’s commentaries on the weekly Torah portion are rife with such innovative notions that make us examine Jewish history in a different & refreshing way.
Shalom. This is our commentary on the portion Noach and, like B’reshiyt, it is fairly lengthy. I hope that you will enjoy the content and be blessed. Download PDF by copying and pasting this link into your browser: https://billcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Noah.pdf Facebook Twitter 2 Pinterest 2 Gmail 2 Print Friendly 7 Yahoo Mail reddit Like 3
One of the most famous events in the life of Jacob is his dream of a ladder reaching to heaven. Yeshua alludes to it in a discussion with Nathanael. We want to take a close look at each of these passages to see what they mean together.
FIRST UP, THEN DOWN In our last Torah Portion, Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to take a wife from there. We all know that it happened after the story of the “stolen blessing” – the blessing that …
In this week's Parashah Point on Vayetze and reviewing Genesis 28:15, it becomes clear that god will meet you where you are.
Bar mitzvah gift idea for Parshat Vayetze. Artwork of the parsha, showing the marriage of Jacob to Leah, while Rachel sneaks off behind them.
This week’s Parsha begins with Yaakov leaving Canaan and heading for Charan. The night before he enters Charan, Yaakov has a dream where he sees a ladder stretching up to the sky with angels going up and down the ladder. This week, our craft is the ladder with moveable angels that can go up and down. Materials: Black construction paper Colored popsicle sticks White glue Scissors White paper Markers Instructions: 1. Glue the popsicles into a ladder formation. 2. Cut out angels from white paper. Decorate them. 3. Place your angels on the ladder rungs.
It takes a full team of our young architects and engineers to create a Sumerian Ziggurat of this size out of LEGO. The Ziggurat our students studied for this model was built in Mesopotamia over 40…
Parshat Vayetze: Genesis 28:10-32:3; Hosea 12:13-14:10. In Parshat Vayetze, we encounter Jacob in his hurried exit from Canaan, afraid of his angry brother Esau from whom he wrestled the patriarchal […]
In this parasha guide to Vayetze, we provide ideas to spark learning including art projects, baking ideas, experiential learning opportunities, and more.
This post is part of our new Torah commentary series. This week we read Parashat Vayetze. To read a summary of the portion and learn more, click here. Have you seen the new episode of that crazy reality show about the dysfunctional family where a father tricks his son-in-law-to-be into marrying both of his daughters instead of […]
Genesis, 28:10-32:3 This Week’s Torah Portion | December 4 - December 10, 2016 - 4 Kislev -10 Kislev, 5777 In A Nutshell The portion, VaYetze (And Jacob Went Out), begins with Jacob leaving Beer Sheba and heading for Haran. He stops for the night and in his dream he sees a ladder “set up on the earth, with its top reaching
In this week's Torah portion, Jacob dreams of a ladder stretching from the ground into the heavens. He sees angels on the ladder, going both up and down. When he awakens from his dream, he says, "surely God was in this place and I, I did not know it." So often, as parents, we get bogged down in the details. Where do the kids have to be? What did they eat for lunch? What brand of diapers should I buy? Do you have a clean gym uniform for tomorrow morning? Parenting can be a series of lists and mountains of laundry. The day to day can overwhelm. And yet each moment can have a spark of the Divine in it. Each moment holds a potential for holiness. It's hard to find, don't get me wrong. When the kitchen floor is sticky and there isn't any milk left and "he's poking me!" and….where's the holiness in that? But I know it's there. Surely God is in this place. How do I remember that? How do I seek it out and remind myself? Is it a note on the dashboard or a post-it on the coffee maker….whatever it takes to help me remember that yes, indeed, God is in this place. I might not have noticed it. I might be so bleary-eyed from yet another night in which the 3-year-old wanted a drink of water at 3am and lost his blankie at 5am….but if I prop my eyelids up, I can find the holy in the way his little body snuggles under the blanket or how his fingers grasp the cup. It's hard. Sometimes it seems nearly impossible to find the holy on the day when there are two kids throwing up and another one who has a science project to do….but if I just take one little breath, one little moment in each crazy-busy-overwhelming day….I can say it: surely God is in this place and I, I did not know it. TorahMama is my weekly attempt to talk about the Torah portion from a parenting perspective....
This week’s Parsha begins with Yaakov leaving Canaan and heading for Charan. The night before he enters Charan, Yaakov has a dream where he sees a ladder stretching up to the sky with angels going up and down the ladder. This week, our craft is the ladder with moveable angels that can go up and down. Materials: Black construction paper Colored popsicle sticks White glue Scissors White paper Markers Instructions: 1. Glue the popsicles into a ladder formation. 2. Cut out angels from white paper. Decorate them. 3. Place your angels on the ladder rungs.
