Shabbat Shalom! This week’s Torah Portion is Vay’chi, Genesis 47:28-50:26. I hope you will join us for Shabbat Services this week: Friday, January 2, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, January 3, at 10:00 a.m.

Torah Question of the Week:

What is your response to anger, either your own or another’s? Do you confront it or do you shy away from it? In this week’s Torah portion, Jacob blesses his sons (and his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh), but curses the Simeon and Levi for their actions when consumed by anger, saying that he does not want to be associated with them or their assembly. How do you interact with people who are angry or cause harm through angry reactions?

Want to learn about the Torah portion?

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I hope to see you at services! Shabbat Shalom!

— Rabbi Adrienne : )