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BURY ME NOT– Va-y’khi – Gen.47:28-50:26 – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

BURY ME NOT– Va-y’khi – Gen.47:28-50:26 – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon 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’ … Continue reading

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A NOBODY? — “Toldos” – Gen. 25:19-28:9, by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

A NOBODY? — “Toldos” – Gen. 25:19-28:9, by Rabbi Baruch Cohon This week we will read a section called “Toldos Yitzhok” – literally, the history of Isaac. Very quickly we see that Isaac, the second of our patriarchs, is described … Continue reading

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A GREAT SABBATH – Shabat hagadol – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

A GREAT SABBATH – Shabat hagadol – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           The Sabbath just before Passover is traditionally called shabat hagadol – the Great Sabbath.  Why is this Sabbath greater than any other?  Same length, same rituals.  What’s different?           Historically, of course, … 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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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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