Etz B'ney Yosef

  Hebrew Insights into Parashat Sh’mot – Sh’mot (Exodus) 1– 6:1   The opening verses of this Parasha reiterate what we read recently in ...

The creation of the world, and of the universe beyond, is presented in a very succinct account in the Bible’s first chapters.  The Holy Writ...

  Last week, we noted that much of what is recounted in our weekly Parashot (plural for “Parasha”) bears a direct relationship to present-da...

B’resheet (Genesis): 44:18-47:26   Each of the weekly Parashot (parashas) presents a narrative that tells a story of individuals (and late...

The dungeon scene (or “pit” in Hebrew), which ended last week’s Parasha,  shifts almost instantaneously to a palace, and it is there that th...