Monthly Archives: December 2013

MY PLAGUES, OR YOURS – Exodus 6-10 – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

MY PLAGUES, OR YOURS – Exodus 6-10 – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon                            The famous 10 plagues of Egypt bring a story of disaster and suffering to the Torah readings of these two weeks.  Just their names are frightful:  Blood, frogs, lice, wild … Continue reading

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OF THE HEBREWS’ CHILDREN – Shmot – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

OF THE HEBREWS’ CHILDREN – Shmot – Ex.1:1-6:1 by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           Genocide is nothing new.  Pharaoh of Egypt was mandating a gradual genocide of his Israelite slaves when he decreed that all male Hebrew babies would be drowned in the Nile.  Moses’ mother … Continue reading

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BURY ME NOT – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Va-y’khi

BURY ME NOT – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Va-y’khi – Gen.47:28-50:26 Remember this one?  Oh bury me not on the lone prairie,                                                                                  These words come low and mournfully                                                                                 From the pallid lips of a youth who lay                                                                       On his dyin’ bed … Continue reading

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PHARAOH’S SUBSIDY – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Vayigash

PHARAOH’S SUBSIDY – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Vayigash, Gen.47:13-20           Depression, recession, famine – all hit Egypt at once.  Those seven years of plenty that Pharaoh dreamed about in fact got submerged in the following seven years of misery.   For his government, unemployment was … Continue reading

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