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Tag Archives: Leah
Vayetze (Gen. 28:10-32:3)
This week: Karma, rags to riches, encounters with angels and God, another match made at a well, identity theft, kids and more kids, and Biblical genetic engineering. Romance and machinations. From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Definition of karma 1 often capitalized : the force … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Beth El, Bilhah, genetic engineering, household idols, Jacob, Jacob's ladder, Laban, Leah, love, Rachel, Vayetze, well, Zilpah
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Vayetze (Gen. 28:10-32:3)
Comments from 2013 Love, jealousy, greed, cheating, theft, manipulation, and rags-to-riches via hard work and genetic engineering. All that, in this week’s portion. I always wonder if those who say they want marriage and family modeled on the Bible have … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Beth El, Bilhah, deceit, dream, Genesis, Haran, Jacob, Jacob's ladder, Laban, Leah, Rachel, Zilpah
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Vayetze (Gen. 28:10-32:3)
It is the day after Thanksgiving, and while I have no ready excuse – my husband made the delicious feast and my visiting daughter did a lot of clean-up (thanks, Rich and Roz!), I am nevertheless distracted and behind schedule. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bilhah, deception, dream, genetic engineering, Jacob's ladder, Laban, Leah, Rachel, Vayetze, wells, what goes around comes around, Zilpah
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Vayetze (Gen. 28:10-32:3)
This week: a rags-to-riches story involving lots of breeding – both livestock and human – and the interpersonal manipulations and deception omnipresent in the book of Genesis. Jacob flees to Haran, ostensibly to find a wife, but without all the … Continue reading
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Tagged bad bosses, Beth El, Bilhah, Jacob, Jacob's ladder, Laban, Leah, polygamy, Rachel, selective breeding, well, Zilpah
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Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4 – 36:43)
Today is the centenary of the birth of my mother, Lillian A. Greenwald, neé Lillian Reba Abrams, Rivka Leah bat Yisrael v’Liba. Mother. Mama. Missing her, but grateful for the 97 years she was here. Here’s Daddy’s favorite picture of … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin, Beth El, Dinah, Esau, family reunion, flattery, Genesis, home, Isaac, Israel, Jacob, Leah, Levi, Lillian Abrams Greenwald, name change, Rachel, Rebecca, Shechem, Shimon, wrestling
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Vayetze (Gen. 28:10-32:3)
This week, in Parashat Vayetze: A ladder to heaven, a meeting at a well, a devious uncle, two wives, two concubines, 11 sons, and a daughter. A 20-year rags to riches story. Jacob grows up, and what goes around, comes … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 years, Alan Dershowitz, Bilhah, deceit, Genesis, genetic engineering, Jacob, Jacob's ladder, justice, Laban, Leah, polygamy, Rachel, Zilpah
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Vayetze (Gen. 28:10-32:3)
There is so much to write about regarding Vayetze: A ladder with angels, a romantic encounter at a well, deceit, trickery, intrafamily jealousy and rivalries, a bad boss, greed, karma, sex, and 12 births. Even animal breeding (aside from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth El, Bilhah, childbirth, Genesis, Jacob, Jacob's ladder, Laban, Leah, Rachel, selective breeding, Zilpah
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