Parshat Vayigash December 30 2011  Leah Goldsmith The tehillim “Even maasu habonim hayita lerosh pina” – “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone” refers to the life and times of the persona of the rejected Yosef, suffering in captivity and disappearing into thin air only to be revealed as a VIP…

Parshat Vayeshev December 17 2011 Yosef is successful in all realms. He is talented, beautiful and distinguished (which is why his brothers are so jealous of him). Yosef is always being accused of things he didn’t do. He is thrown into the pit for his dreams. Later, he finds favor in everyone’s eyes. He is…

Parshat Noach October 29 2011 In last week’s parsha, man made a vow to guard the garden and keep it. Ten generations later we witness the total moral crumbling of mankind. No-one is guarding or keeping anything. Noach is building an ark for over 120 years and people are asking, “Why are you building this…