It’s Shabbat Chanukah. The parasha is Miketz, in which we learn more about Yosef’s skill in dream interpretation. The haftorah…
Year: 2008
Our Name is Gratitude
When Leah’s fourth son is born, she names him Judah. In Hebrew, that’s Yehudah: gratitude. Yehuda‘s name honours the miraculous…
What's in a Name?
In Parshat Vayetzei, twelve babies are born and named by their legal mothers Leah and Rachel. For each boy, Torah…
Nature, Nurture, or Choice?
For the first half of their lives, Jacob and Esau do not get along. How did they become so difficult? Heredity or…
Locust: Mutations of Consciousness
I would like to talk about insects. And I would like to move freely between the levels of peshat – simple narrative…