A new chapter has begun in Israel and the world. There are deliberations and disputations going on both in Heaven and Earth. It is not by coincidence that the Daf Yomi read by thousands over the world discussed the book of Gittin (Divorce) towards the end of the year and Kiddushin (marriage) towards the beginning of the year. Much of the blessings and curses that we have been experiencing we can almost see being discussed in each weekly Parsha along with the Oral Torah. I am writing this down as a record of things I see and witness and suggest may be happening between the headlines. It is a work in progress.
(new book in the works – October 2023 -)
BERESHIT
(Bereshit) Between Tochocha and Chassidut
(Noach) Preparing the Ark
(Lech Lecha) It’s Time to Come Home
(Vayera) Covenant of a Nation
(Chaye Sarah) The Eleventh Test
(Toldot) The Two Akeida’s
(Vayetze) The Crossroads
(Vayishlach) From Yacov to Israel
(Vayeshev) The Menorah of the Two Moshiachs
(Miketz) Changing Our Mazal
(Parsha Vayigash) Od Yoseph Chai
(Parsha Vayechi) The Nephews
SHMOT
(Parsha Shmot) The Dawn of Redemption
(Parsha Va’eira) The Worst of Times and the Best of Times
(Bo) The Sound of Crashing Empires
(Beshalach) Tu B’Shvat in the Sea
(Yitro) From Oct 6 to Oct 7
(Mishpatim) The Hebrew Slave
(Trumah) The Mikdash and Eliyahu Hanavi
(Tetzaveh) What is Hidden in the Hamentashen
(Ki Tissa) The Final Solution and the Egel Hazahav
(Vayak’hel) Putting the Pieces Together Again
(Pekudei) The Accounting
VAYIKRA
(Vayikra) To Bow or Not to Bow
(Tzav) Joining Purim and Pesach
(Shmini) The Parah is Ready – Are We?
(Tazria) From Leper to Moshiach
(Metzora) Shabbat Gadol or Shabbat Katan?
(Shabbat Pesach) Through Your Blood You Shall Live
(Achrei Mot) Preparing the Gefilte Fish
(Kedoshim) Pursued By Holiness
(Emor) The Secret Weapon
(Behar) Holiness and Humiliation
(Bechukotai) Death by Indifference
BAMIDBAR
(Bamidbar) The Division of Unity
(Shavuot) Marriage and Divorce
(Nasso) Renewing Our Vows
(Behaalotecha) Three Days or Forty Years
(Shlach) The Scarlet Rope
(Korach) Thorns and Blossoms
(Chukat) The Paradox
(Balak) Who’s on First
(Pinchas) Peace by Vengeance
(Mattot/Massei) How to Win the War
DVARIM
(Dvarim) Why are the Builders Crying?
(Va’etchanan) To Whom is the Consolation?
(Ekev) The Conditions for Unconditional Kindness
(Re’eah) The Truth About Curses and Blessings
(Shoftim) The 50th Gate
(Ki Teizei) The Collective Individual
(Ki Tavo) The Thousand Man March
(Netzavim/Vayelech) The Revealed Torah that is Hidden
(Rosh Hoshanah) From the Alter to the Ram
(Yom Kippur/ Sukkoth) The Coercion of Geula
BERESHIT – 2024
(Bereshit) The Underground and the Overground
(Noach) The Chen of Noach
(Lech Lecha) From Lech Lecha to Lech Lecha and the US Elections
(Vayera) The Covenant
(Chaye Sarah) Hidden in the Open
(Tolodot) The Mothers of Moshiach
(Vayetze) Escaping War by Making War
(Vayishlach) From Yacov to Israel
(Vayeshev) Geula in One Word