Saturday 8 th November 2025                 17 th  Cheshvan 5786 PARASHAT VAYERA                                        by Rabbi Paul L. Saal Genesis 18:1 - 22:24, 2 Kings 4:1-37; Luke 17:28-37   Paul Simon once sang, “I am a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries”. In those few lines, he captured something hauntingly prophetic — the isolation of the modern soul. We are surrounded by technology that promises connection, and yet we often fin

PARASHAT LECH L’CHA  Gen 12:1 - 17:27; Isa 40:27 – 41:16; John 8:51-58   ‘Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Bereshit/Genesis 12:1–3)  It

25th October 2025 3rd Cheshvan 5786 PARASHAT NO’ACH                                              by Alan Gilman, TorahBytes Torah: Bereshit/Genesis 6:9-11:32; Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 - 55:5; Luke 17:20-27   And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” (Bereshit/Genesis 9:1) The Rebooting of Creation I am the main computer person at home. It helps that for years I worked in high t