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MAKING A MATCH – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Hayyey Sarah
You can contact Rabbi Baruch Cohon for further discussion and/or comments at: baruch.c.2011@gmail.com MAKING A MATCH – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Hayyey Sarah, Gen.23-25:18 This week brings us the story of Eliezer the matchmaker. Abraham’s major domo, Eliezer of Damascus, … Continue reading →
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WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Vayeyra
You can contact Rabbi Baruch Cohon for further discussion and/or comments at: baruch.c.2011@gmail.com WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Vayeyra (Gen.18-22) This week’s Torah reading ends with the famous story of the Akeyda, the Sacrifice of Isaac, which … Continue reading →
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WHO IS A ZIONIST? By Rabbi Baruch Cohon
An old comic definition of a Zionist went like this: A Zionist is a Jew who collects money from another Jew so that a third Jew can move to Jerusalem. No politics, just charity. When my oldest … Continue reading →
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A NOBODY? by Rabbi Baruch Cohon
This week we read a section called Toldos Yitzhok literally, the history of Isaac. Very quickly we see that Isaac, the second of our patriarchs, is described in terms of other people. He is the son of Abraham, the husband of Rebecca, the … Continue reading →
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AT THE GOING RATE by Rabbi Baruch Cohon
The 23rd chapter of Genesis finds Abraham negotiating with the Hittites among whom he is living. Sarah just died, and Abraham needs a place to bury his wife. He asks the Hittite elders seated at the gate of Hebron … Continue reading →
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