Category Archives: Cave of Machpelah

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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WHEN LIFE ENDS by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

WHEN LIFE ENDS – Sedrah Va-y’khee     The last reading in the Book of Genesis starts with Jacob’s farewell message to his sons, describes his death, and concludes with the death of one of those sons, Joseph who survived his … 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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