“Jacob was greatly frightened; in his anxiety, he divided the people with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps” Genesis 32:8
By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur
Shabbat times for the week
By The JC
Rabbi Ayala Deckel teaches classic Jewish texts beyond the confines of the traditional yeshivah
By Simon Rocker
‘Historic moment’ celebrated at the dinner for the merger of the Liberal and Reform movements
“She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my disgrace’” Genesis 30:23
By Joanne Greenaway
“He ate, he drank, he rose, he left. Esau spurned the birthright” Genesis 25:29-34
By Rabbi Alex Israel
“And Eliezer said, ‘O Adonai, God of my master Abraham’s house, grant me good fortune this day, and deal graciously with my master Abraham’” Genesis 24:12
By Rabbi Hannah Kingston
“Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the Name of the Lord, the Everlasting God” Genesis 22:33
By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum
“Look around from where you are, to the north and the south, to the east and the west, for all the land that you see I am giving to you and your descendants forever” Genesis 13:14-15
“When Noah had lived 500 years, Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth” Genesis 5:32
“The Lord looked favourably on Abel and his offering but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favour” Genesis 4:5
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