Vayetze – The Ten Commandments Project

Back to Basics: Vayetze’s Ten Commandments’ Moment

Anime-style illustration of Jacob, the biblical patriarch, standing at a colorful modern salad bar and thoughtfully choosing fresh vegetables and toppings. He wears modest ancient Near Eastern-inspired robes with a contemporary anime aesthetic, warm expressive features, and a gentle thoughtful expression. Bright wholesome atmosphere, abundant leafy greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, olives, and herbs in serving trays. Clean detailed line art, vibrant colors, cinematic composition, landscape orientation, no text.

A Torah Portion Vayetze passage ignites a literary journey that leads to one of the primary aspects of both divine relationships and covenants. In Vayetze, while Jacob is fleeing to Harran to avoid his brother Esau’s wrath, he experiences a life-changing dream. This transformative event —upon review —surprisingly shares similarities to the Exodus. Some ofContinue reading “Back to Basics: Vayetze’s Ten Commandments’ Moment”

Issue Spotting: Vayeitzei’s Ten Commandments’ Moment

Issue Spotting is an essential legal skill. The Torah Portion Vayeitzei provides a target rich environment to employ it to address Decalogue and Decalogue-adjacent issues. The Portion offers an opportunity to unleash one’s inner barrister! For those wanting to taste the legal profession or a Bar Exam, this Post invites you into an attorney’s mindset.Continue reading “Issue Spotting: Vayeitzei’s Ten Commandments’ Moment”

The Introduction: Vayetze’s Ten Commandments’ Moment

Like the Pine Trees lining the road, I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name Jim Croce What’s in an introduction? The Torah Portion Vayetze culminates the Deity’s introduction and covenanting with the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. These past introductions reveal the Decalogue’s introduction as barrier breaking. The third and final Patriarchal introduction reportedContinue reading “The Introduction: Vayetze’s Ten Commandments’ Moment”

Vayetze’s Ten Commandments’ Moment

the torah states that after the birth of leah’s four sons “rachel saw that she had not given birth for jacob, and rachel was jealous of her sister, and she said to jacob, ‘give me children. and if not i’m dying!’” genesis 30:1. in response, “jacob’s anger flared at rachel, and he said, ‘am iContinue reading “Vayetze’s Ten Commandments’ Moment”

A Thanksgiving Tale: Vayetze

of all biblical figures, the matriarch leah would be the best invite to thanksgiving. she was the unwanted one. while having nice eyes, she was not the attractive sibling with the beautiful looks and the nice body. she was the one who entered an unhappy marriage based upon her father’s deceitful act. her situation wasContinue reading “A Thanksgiving Tale: Vayetze”