by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2023 | Good and Evil, Vezot Haberachah
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz The Torah is not really a very large book. In a mere 79,976 Hebrew words, the Torah (Five Books of Moses) covers all of history from the creation until the Jews were ready to enter the Land of Israel. With such a wide-reaching agenda, it...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2022 | Israel
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Learning Torah with my ten-year-old son is a challenging experience. He asks the obvious questions that are disturbingly difficult to answer. “Abba, did God promise all of Israel to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?” he asked. “You know he did,” I...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2021 | Vayeishev
After settling in Hebron, Jacob’s sons (minus Joseph) traveled north to herd their flocks in Shechem. Jacob, now called Israel, sends Joseph to meet his brothers. Joseph arrives in Shechem, a distance of about 50 miles from Hebron, but his brothers are nowhere to be...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2021 | Covenant, Messiah, Purity, Redemption, Vayishlach
The city of Shechem is mentioned as one of the first places Abraham passed through when he arrived in Canaan (Genesis 12:5). Later in the Bible, Dina, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, was raped by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, chief of the country. After the...
