Bereishit archive
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Lech Lecha: What gave Avraham a great name?
Transcript: What gave Avraham a great name? At the commencement of Parshat Lech Lecha, Hashem commands Avraham and Sara to make aliyah, a pilgrimage, to the land that He would Read more... -
Noach: What is our most repetitive blessing?
Transcript: What is our most repetitive blessing? Without doubt it’s the bracha we recite over a rainbow. In Parshat Noach, the Torah tells us that immediately after the flood Hashem Read more... -
Bereishit: Why the world is built and preserved with 7 and 28
Transcript: The very first verse of the Torah – “Bereishit barah Elokim et hashamayim v’et haaretz,” – “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,” contains seven words Read more... -
Vayigash: Are you like old wine in a new bottle?
Transcript What’s the connection between old wine and Jewish continuity? In Parshat Vayigash we read how Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers in Egypt, (Bereishit 45:4) and then Read more... -
Vayeishev: Our greatest inspiration can be found within ourselves!
Transcript Sometimes, our greatest inspiration comes from within ourselves. In Parshat Vayeishev, the Torah describes how Yaakov favoured his son Yosef and a reason is given for this in Bereishit Read more... -
Vayishlach: The legacy of those who perished in the Holocaust
Transcript I have always been saddened by the fact that Holocaust victims have no matzeiva. You can’t visit a cemetery and see a tombstone over a grave for them as Read more... -
Vayeitzei: After Covid, will we go back to sleep?
Transcript How do we respond to extraordinary experiences? If I were to give a subtitle to Sefer Bereishit, the Book of Genesis, it would be the Book of Dreams. Not Read more... -
Toldot: The key to our survival in a missing letter!
Transcript: A missing letter provides a clue to the survival of the Jewish people. In Parshat Toldot, we read how Jacob deceived his father Isaac into thinking that he was Read more... -
Chayei Sarah: In this world, we’re all just passing through
Transcript: In this world, we’re all only passing through. The commencement of Parshat Chayei Sara provides the sad details of the burial arrangements for Sara carried out by Avraham. Presenting Read more... -
Vayeira: True kindness has empathy at its heart
Transcript: Being kind is not good enough. One of the greatest examples of altruism within the whole of Tanach is presented to us at the beginning of Parshat Vayeira. Avraham, Read more...
