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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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THANKSGIVIKKAH?? – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

THANKSGIVIKKAH?? – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon Although my blog usually discusses the weekly Torah reading, let’s make an exception this week.  This week the Torah continues the story of Joseph, and many writers dealt with that.  Try Thomas Mann for one.  What’s particularly … Continue reading

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