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Begin, Rabin to appear on new Israeli bills
The images of the late Israeli Prime Ministers Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Rabin will appear on new Israeli currency.\n
Listen, will you?
Parshat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Men equate the inability to solve a problem with weakness, so when men are in the same situation they feel that they must solve the problem.
VIDEO: Rachel Somekh teaches two classic Iraqi Jewish recipes — potato chops and cigars
Rachel Somekh teaches two classic Iraqi appetizers, potato chops and cigars
Divine Listening
This week\’s Torah portion begins with an issue that is a recurrent one for our foremothers — difficulty conceiving. As Sarah before her and Rachel after her, Rebecca has trouble getting pregnant. After her husband Isaac pleads with God, she does conceive. But the pregnancy is a painful one — so much so that Rebecca cries out with words to the effect of, \”Would that I did not exist!\” Out of this depth of despair she approaches God.
Marital Strife
Every marriage has painful moments. Even the most loving marriages do. This fact of life is confirmed by the opening of chapter 30.