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The taste of Shabbat – Toldot 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Toldot 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon There is a famine in the land of Canaan, Yitzchak is thinking of going down to Egypt, as his father Avraham did in his time. God appears to him and says וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ ה' וַיֹּ֖אמֶר… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Toldot 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Chayei Sarah 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Chayei Sarah 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon Our Parsha, Chayei Sarah, opens with the purchase of Maarat Hamachpela – we read how the purchase was done, and how Avraham refused to receive the cave and the field next to it… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Chayei Sarah 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Vayera 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Vayera 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon The second parsha this week deals with the argument between Avraham and God about the destruction of Sodom. This episode, together with Avraham's outstanding hospitality, defined by our Rabbis as being more important than… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Vayera 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Lech-Lecha 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Lech-Lecha 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon In the third reading of our parsha the floodlights turn from Avraham to the minor character of Lot, who accompanied Avraham and Sarah since they left Haran. This is an opportunity to try and… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Lech-Lecha 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Noach 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Noach 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day, all the springs of the great deep were split, and the windows… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Noach 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Bereshit 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Bereshit 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon "After the chagim", a very Israeli expression, is the time to build tools and receptacles into which to pour the great divine light and abundance that we received during Tishrei, the month of festivals.… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Bereshit 5777"