There is a sharp transition from one book to another this week. They are connected -- there is that crazy Vav at the beginning of a new book -- but something has shifted. It’s a transition from individuals to a nation. The Chumash is not named after an eponymous hero. It’s not like the Odyssey or the Aeneid. Moshe Rabenu is of course a prominent individual in the final four books but that is...Read more...
Baruch Dayan Haemet It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Emek Beracha's dear friend Morad Mahpour, Chaim Mordechai Ben Yisrael.TRead more...
I am Yitzchok Feldman, a rabbi in Palo Alto, and, together with R’ Yossi Marcus of Chabad in San Mateo, we will try together to guide us through today’s farewell to the physical presence of Dudu Habib, a”h, David Baruch ben Yitzchok V’Simona.
The order today will be that I will provide a brief sketch of Dudu’s biography and then other speakers will fill in the picture. We will hear from his wife,...Read more...
In addition to the Bar Mitzva, there are other celebrations today. Two longtime members of the community will be getting married soon. One was the Kohen this morning (Yoel Mlynash), who is getting married in a month. The other (Joseph Borison) was supposed to be the Levi, but he was under the weather this morning so his father took the Aliya. That wedding is in two weeks. Both of these young men will...Read more...
