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Avi Chai?
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, discusses estrangement and reconciliation in the Torah portion Vayigash, in which Joseph reunites with his family. [Read more…]
reconciliation
D'vrei Torah
“The First Hollywood Ending?” – Davar Torah, Vayechi, Genesis 47:28–50:26
As “The People of the Book,” we should know how to end a book. Vayechi is the end of the first book in our Book of Books, in our canon. Vayechi concludes Bereshit, the first [Read more…]
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Guest Post: Healing the Soul’s Wounds/Yom Kippur 5782
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff discusses ways to heal broken family relationships. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
I Have More Years Behind Me Than I Do In Front of Me
Today is the 51st birthday of my daughter, the eldest child of three. I tossed and turned all last night, thinking it was because I was not in my own bed while doing an overnight [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
How do you reconcile after estrangement?
Vayigash continues unfolding the stories from last week’s parshah Mikeitz between Joseph and his brothers. Joseph, Judah, Rueven are all revealing their struggles. How each remembers what transpired years before tells us much about the [Read more…]