Posts Tagged: Joseph torah
Goodbye to 2020, and Looking Hopefully Ahead
On the first night of Pesach, we begin our Seder by asking Mah Nishtana Halayla Hazeh Mikol Haleilot? -- “why is this night different from...
What Really Separates Humans From Animals
Animals communicating with each other -- and with humans -- have always been a feature of literary fiction. Over the last century, this has spilled...
The Story of Joseph, Hanukkah — and Finding the Light
Although ancient Egypt and ancient Greece coexisted for well over a millennium, they were different in almost every respect. Egyptian civilization emerged at the dawn...
Our Story Has Yet to Be Fully Written
Different cultures tell different stories. The great novelists of the 19th century wrote fiction that is essentially ethical. Jane Austen and George Eliot explored the...
The Rebirth of Hebrew
One of the most remarkable phenomena to have occurred in modern times is the rebirth of Hebrew as a spoken language. Although Hebrew was painstakingly...
Our Lives Are God’s Will — and Our Own
It was Joseph’s first real attempt to take his fate into his own hands -- and it failed. Or so it seemed. Consider the story so far, as...
The Power of Turning Dreams”Ž Into Reality
In one of the greatest transformations in all literature, Joseph moves in one bound from prisoner to prime minister. What was it about Joseph -...
