Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published October 9, 2015 · Last modified May 26, 2016
In psychotherapy, it is generally proposed that the beginning of coping consists of naming the problem or issue with which one is having difficulties. But giving a name is insufficient. Stories must be told...
Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published October 2, 2015 · Last modified September 23, 2015
Why are the generations of descendants of Esau merely listed in these 43 verses with no stories told about any of them? In contrast, in the next parasha, we are introduced to an in-depth...
Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published September 22, 2015 · Last modified September 23, 2015
After having escaped from Egypt, we Jews faced a number of critical points at which our collective decisionmaking skills were challenged. Perhaps the most dramatic example was at Mount Sinai when the persistence of...
Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published September 12, 2015 · Last modified January 6, 2019
I grew up believing that Jews bow down only to the One God, our Creator, and never to another human being. The Purim story tells us that Mordechai refused to bow to Haman, an...
Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published August 27, 2015 · Last modified August 31, 2015
The Torah verse in Deuteronomy, discussing false witness, may be particularly relevant to us now in the modern virtual era when bullies can tell lies that spread farther and faster than the most virile...
Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published August 13, 2015 · Last modified September 2, 2015
The Pharoah finally let the Israelites leave, and there was a short way to Israel and a long way. The short way was through the land of the Philistines (Pelesht), an area currently known...
Reflections on Random Torah Verses
by Sheri Oz · Published August 8, 2015 · Last modified September 22, 2015
Moses climbed Mount Nevo, from which point he could watch as the Israelites crossed the Jordan River into the Promised Land. He blessed each of the tribes of Israel, het Moses was forbidden by...
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