A visit to Bet Yatir with Shmuel Junger
On: Jan 12, 2021
By: Kim Troup
Join Sondra Oster Baras and Danny Ehrlich on a journey to Maale Shomron, a small community founded on historical and Biblical ruins in the heart of Samaria
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Shemot (Names) – Exodus 1:1 – 6:1
On: Jan 7, 2021
By: Kim Troup
This week we begin the Book of Exodus. The first portion is one of transformation – the children of Israel, the family of Jacob, become the “Hebrews” and the Children of Israel, with a national focus.
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Vayechi (And He [Jacob] Lived) – Genesis 47:28 – 50:26
On: Dec 31, 2020
By: Kim Troup
This week we read the final chapters of Genesis. Jacob is approaching the end of his life. We are told that he lived until the age of 147 and that he spent the last 17 years of his life in Egypt. Just before his death, he blesses his grandchildren, Ephraim and Menashe, and then blesses each of his sons.
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VaYigash (And He (Judah) Approached) – Genesis 44:18 – 47:27
On: Dec 24, 2020
By: Kim Troup
This week’s portion begins with the most dramatic speech in the Bible — Judah’s plea to Joseph to save his brother Benjamin. “And Joseph could not restrain himself before all that stood by him . . . And he wept aloud . . . And Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph, is my father still alive?'” (Genesis 45:1-3).
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Mitzpe Dani and Genesis Land Virtual Tour
On: Dec 22, 2020
By: Kim Troup
Join Sondra Oster Baras and Danny Ehrlich on a journey to Maale Shomron, a small community founded on historical and Biblical ruins in the heart of Samaria
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Miketz (The End) – Genesis 41:1 – 44:17
On: Dec 17, 2020
By: Bonnie Calender
In this week’s Torah portion, we continue the story of Joseph in Egypt. The portion begins with Joseph’s rise to power, thanks to his interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream. He is given full responsibility for feeding the nation and, indeed surrounding nations, during the upcoming famine.
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The Challenge of Interfaith Marriage
On: Dec 14, 2020
By: Elyshia Johnson
Sondra Oster Baras, an Orthodox Jew who has devoted her life to reaching out to Christians all over the world to bless Israel, provides an in-depth understanding of Jewish wedding customs.
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Vayeshev (And He (Jacob) Settled) – Genesis 37:1 – 40:23
On: Dec 10, 2020
By: Kim Troup
This week’s portion begins the story of Joseph, beginning with Genesis chapter 37. We learn that Jacob favors Joseph and buys him a striped coat, which results in the brothers’ terrible jealousy of him.
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Sussya Virtual Tour
On: Dec 7, 2020
By: Kim Troup
Join Sondra Oster Baras and Danny Ehrlich on a journey to Maale Shomron, a small community founded on historical and Biblical ruins in the heart of Samaria
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