Dan Has Questions About Work, Rest, Generosity, and Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Parshat Vayakhel
02/24/2022 08:27:54 AM
This week's Parshah is called Vayakhel, which means: "and he assembled". Moshe assembles all the people - that doesn't mean he puts them together like Legos, it means he calls them all to be together in the same place. He is about to repeat many of the
instructions for completing the Mishkan (the portable synagogue), but...Read more...
Dan Has Questions About Good Deeds, Light, And Following Instructions: Parshat Tetzaveh
02/10/2022 12:45:46 PM
After many weeks of great adventures — from a fiery bush that doesn’t burn to extraordinary plagues to sea waters parting, water coming from rocks, food falling from the sky, and God’s voice speaking the 10 Commandments from a mountaintop — we now turn to the topic of: assembly instructions. This...Read more...
Dan Has Questions About Songs, Skepticism, and Freedom: Parshat Beshalach
01/13/2022 11:10:10 AM
Last week, we discussed freedom and the struggle that typically accompanies achieving it. This week that story continues in Parshat Beshalach, which means “when he sent”. Pharaoh has released us from our enslavement and sent us out of Egypt — at last! It is a happy coincidence that we usually study...Read more...
Dan Has Questions About The Path To Freedom: Parshat Bo
01/05/2022 02:44:49 PM
While we were taking our winter break, our ancestors spent over 400 years in Egypt, were enslaved there by a new Pharaoh who did not remember how Joseph had saved Egypt from famine, and God enlisted Moshe to free us. Moshe has demanded that Pharaoh release us, Pharaoh has refused, then agreed, and then refused...Read more...
Dan Has Questions About Families, Family Reunions, and How To Handle A Famine: Parshat Vayigash
12/09/2021 10:49:54 AM
Last week’s Parshah was what is called a “cliff-hanger”: We left Joseph still not telling his brothers who he really is, and making it look as though his younger brother, Benjamin, is a thief and will therefore be held in Egypt. This week’s Parshah, Vayigash, picks up right in the middle of the...Read more...