Thoughts on parashat Vayigash

Since the early 1900’s average life expectancy has been constantly growing, particularly in the Western World, but not exclusively. The average life expectancy in the US today is 78,9 years, compared to 47 in the year 1900. Today, life expectancy increase is a world-wide phenomenon, despite obvious differences in this matter in the different countries. Our times have seen an unprecedented[…]

Thoughts on Parashat Miketz

How should we live? On what basis should we make life choices? Should we trust God, ourselves, or maybe other people, for example those from the government? Or maybe we should trust only some people, or for example experts and science and technology?[…]

Bereshit 37:1 – 40:23

Every person needs hope. Each one of us is searching for light, but the path towards light is not easy.

Parsha Vayeshev opens a cycle of fourteen chapters, out of which all but one describe the lives of Joseph and his brothers. We will accompany them for several decades, during which dramatic changes will take place in the life of each of the[…]

Thoughts on Parashat Vayishlach

Worry is psychologically consuming. Fear of the unknown may lead us to many irrational actions and reactions, some of which may hurt us or keep us in a mindset that limits us emotionally and intellectually, not allowing us to function normally and efficiently.
In this week’s parsha Jacob returns to Erec Israel after his 20-year stay at Laban’s in Charan.[…]

Thoughts on parashat Toledot

The main theme for this week’s Torah portion is the struggle between Isaac’s two sons, Jacob and Esau. The struggle between them begins already in the womb: Jacob, still unborn, tries to pull Esau back into his mother’s womb.[…]