This week concludes the story of Joseph and his brothers as well as the book of Genesis. In Genesis, we are reminded that God has preserved

This week, most people are celebrating Hanukkah and/or Christmas. Both holidays have evolved over time with a variety of cultural traditions

All of us come from somewhere. Even if the circumstances of our birth were not ideal, or we do not know our birth Mom and/or Dad, or our

This week we begin a series of Torah portions that will bring us to the end of Genesis. In a real sense it is the end of "the beginning."...

Life is hard! How is that for an obvious statement?! We all face difficulties of some kind. It might be obvious things like financial...

This week our Torah portion follows Jacob as he goes to the land of his mother and grandparents to find a wife. Most of us are a bit...

Our Torah portion this week tells the story of Jacob and Esau, in which Jacob buys the birthright from Esau. Later, Rebekah tells Jacob...

The Weekly D'rash and the Scriptures that we will be reading this Shabbat for Vayigash from Rabbi Howard Silverman: TORAH ~ Genesis...

The Weekly D'rash and the Scriptures that we will be reading this Shabbat for Vayishlach from Rabbi Howard Silverman: TORAH ~ Genesis...

The Weekly D'rash and the Scriptures that we will be reading this Shabbat for Vayetze from Rabbi Howard Silverman: TORAH ~ Genesis...