Category Archives: Jacob

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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WE STRUGGLE – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Vayishlakh

WE STRUGGLE – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Vayishlakh – Gen.32-36           On the way home from Haran to Beer Sheba, Jacob camps for the night.  Knowing that his brother Esau is still his enemy, and was seen coming to meet him with 400 … Continue reading

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GOODBYE AND HELLO — by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Vayeytzey

GOODBYE AND HELLO — by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Vayeytzey Gen. 28:10 ff           The very first word of this week’s Torah reading sparked a fascinating comment from Rashi.   That word is vayeytzey, “he went out.”  The Torah tells us that Jacob left Beer Sheba … Continue reading

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FIVE WORDS FOR HIM – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Toldos

You can contact Rabbi Baruch Cohon for further discussion and/or comments at: baruch.c.2011@gmail.com FIVE WORDS FOR HIM – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon – Toldos (Gen.25:19-28:9)           This week’s reading introduces an important character who will figure in Jewish history for generations, in … 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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