The beginning of Parshat Vayera tells how Abraham reached out and welcomed visitors to his tent. The Midrash excerpt below describes how Sarah’s tent was also special. My Hebrew School students enjoyed reading and discussing this section of a longer Midrash. “Sarah had a tent of her own. Every time that the family made camp, […]
Words of Wisdom For Shabbat – Lech L’cha
Imagine that you are a fifth grader in an Israeli public school. Below is a translation from Hebrew of a page from your workbook on this week’s Torah Portion, Lech L’cha. Your assignment is to complete this page. Of course, if you were in Israel, you’d be doing all of your schoolwork in Hebrew, but […]
Words of Wisdom for Shabbat – B’reishit
We enter the new cycle of Torah reading with B’reishit, the Creation Story. The words of the Torah are unchanging, but we can never remain the same. As we begin a new year of Torah study, we strive for greater understanding, deeper commitment, and active fulfillment of Mitzvot. The following is my translation from Hebrew […]