THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Bereshit – פרשת בראשית October 2, 2021 – כו תשרי תשפב This essay is sponsored by Joanne Wiesner-Steiner in memory of her father, Abraham Wiesner אברהם בן נתן ז”ל. Lamech and his Wives Guilty of fratricide, Cain roamed the earth as a...

THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Ki Tetze – פרשת כי תצא August 21, 2021 – יג אלול תשפא This essay is sponsored by Alan Benjamin in honor of the Anshe Sholom daily minyan. Women in the Military The Torah bans cross-dressing. “A woman must not put on

THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Re’eh – פרשת ראה August 7, 2021 – כט אב תשפא This essay is sponsored by Eli Fink in honor of Dr. Morton Coleman. Secular Slaughter   The Dual-Torah is a foundational concept in Rabbinic Judaism (Gittin 60b). The rabbis, as...