THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Toldot – פרשת תולדת November 6, 2021 – ב כסלו תשפב This essay is dedicated in memory of Benjamin Karbowitz Z”L. Isaac’s Blindness In his old age, Isaac sought to confer blessings upon Esau. “And it happened when Isaac was old, that his...

THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Noach – פרשת נח October 9, 2021 – ג מרחשון תשפב This essay is sponsored by Moshe & Chavie Wilner in memory of Naftali ben Ha-Rav Aharon Yehuda Wilner Z”L. Haran’s early death The concluding verses of Genesis 11 record the names

THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Ki Tavo – פרשת כי תבוא August 28, 2021 – כ אלול תשפא This essay is sponsored by Harold Epstein. God in Heaven   The Torah requires the Israelite farmer to make a tithe declaration after each three-year agricultural cycle. The yeoman...