destiny Archives – Jewish Journal

Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parshat Vayeshev with Rabbi Michael Pincus

Shmuel Rosner December 19, 2019

Rare Quality

Rabbi Haim Ovadia June 26, 2008

Parshat Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32) Moses could have stayed in the palace and enjoyed royal privileges, but he chose to commiserate with his brothers and, indeed, tried to save one of them by killing the Egyptian taskmaster.

Your Inner Joseph

Rabbi Mordecai Finley January 12, 2006

Each of us lives a spiritual journey. One of greatest tasks in life is to know our journey, to understand its contours and what it demands of us. The Torah teaches us these journeys, these paths into our center.

Palestinians Facing Uncertain Future

Fadi A. Elsalameen January 6, 2005

Standing in the Muqata, Yasser Arafat\’s compound in Ramallah, on his funeral day made me believe that we Palestinians must overcome a hurdle if we are to move forward.

Our youth face uncertainty, our people feel lost and beaten and our elders are sad to think that their children and grandchildren will share their same destiny — never to live in peace in an independent Palestinian state.

Captains of Destiny

Rabbi Allen I. Freehling December 26, 2002

This week\’s Torah portion, Shemot, finds us studying the Book of Exodus for the first time this year. Probing the text, I began to think about the Hebrew word tevah (ark) that is found only twice in the Torah — in parshat Noah and in this one.