[caption id="attachment_1770" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Change"][/caption] The family had changed. When the names were listed in Vayigash, the family was divided by mothers: The sons of Leah and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid. The sons of Rachel and then the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid....
[caption id="attachment_1741" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Envy"][/caption] Joseph never experienced envy, at least not to the degree his brothers were infected by the green monster. I wonder how he would have handled the experience after everything he suffered because of their envy. I suspect that the Sages were...
[caption id="attachment_1782" align="alignleft" width="230" caption="Brilliant Strategies"][/caption] We have left many questions unanswered in The Future, The Mouth, Back To The Garden and The Informant. A few people mentioned that they are frustrated when I leave unanswered questions, and end a post with To Be...
[caption id="attachment_1778" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Informant"][/caption] "He went out the next day, and behold! Two Hebrew men were fighting. He said to the wicked one, 'Why would you strike your fellow?' He replied, "Who appointed you as a dignitary, a ruler, and a judge over...
[caption id="attachment_1774" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Snake Trick"][/caption] A snake! Echoes of the Garden…in a portion about heroic women…something is going on. A snake? Leprosy? All because Moses questioned whether the Jews would believe him. Wasn’t that kind of drastic? It was Miriam’s fault! Moshe’s sister, was a formidable woman. Amram...