Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses Descendants of Esau and Jacob: Naming Names and Telling Tales (Genesis 36:1-43) October 9, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments In psychotherapy, it is generally proposed that the beginning of coping consists of naming the problem or issue with which one is having difficulties. But giving a name is insufficient.…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses Esau versus Jacob: Naming Names and Telling Tales (Genesis 36:1-43) October 2, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Why are the generations of descendants of Esau merely listed in these 43 verses with no stories told about any of them? In contrast, in the next parasha, we are…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses “Chosen” People? Tolerated, Perhaps. (Ha’azinu: Deuteronomy 32: 19-28) September 23, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Ha’azinu has put the term, “Chosen People” into a new perspective for me. And I can’t say that I like it. In my previous post, I wrote about the power…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses What Has Deuteronomy Got to Do with Bullies on Facebook? (Deuteronomy 19:15-21) August 27, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments The Torah verse in Deuteronomy, discussing false witness, may be particularly relevant to us now in the modern virtual era when bullies can tell lies that spread farther and faster…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses Is Our Only Hope Via a Strong Arm Policy? (Exodus 13:17-14:31) August 13, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments The Pharoah finally let the Israelites leave, and there was a short way to Israel and a long way. The short way was through the land of the Philistines (Pelesht),…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses First Inspiration – Deuteronomy 33-34: Understanding Being the Parent of Adult Children August 8, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Moses climbed Mount Nevo, from which point he could watch as the Israelites crossed the Jordan River into the Promised Land. He blessed each of the tribes of Israel, het…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses About This Blog August 8, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments At one time I had a Shabbat ritual – opening the Torah to some random page and reading from the top of the page until I felt an idea had…