Leah’s Blog Parashat Bishalach 2022
Beshalach 2022 2,000 year old coins that say “Freedom to Zion” were some of those unearthed in a cache hidden under layers of earth, stones and grass here. Earthquakes
Leah’s Blog Parashat Bo 2022
Parshat Bo – 2022 “Come” is the literal translation of Bo, a mantra we hopefully recognize and realize in the purpose of the Exodus. “Come near” Yosef HaT
Leah’s Blog Parahat Va’era 2021
Parshat Vaera – 2021 Mumbling Moshe vs. Pharaoh – ruler of Egypt. Who are you placing your bet on? There is something about the collision of evil and good, the sparks t
Leah’s Blog Vayechi – Shemot 2021
2021 My son in law Alex had a plan through the back way of Itamar here, east, avoiding traffic, to go to the Dead Sea for the day. On Waze it said it would take an hour and twenty
Leah’s Blog Parashat Vayigash 2021
Vayigash – 2021 This week had us driving through the Jerusalem hills. Entranced at the view of fresh forests and fields moist from the rain, Latrun stood ornamented with ol
Leah’s Blog Parashat Miketz
Parshat Miketz – 2021 Back in the mid-eighties the mountain ridge we had come to here in Israel’s heartland gave us a sense of being on top of the world. Plunked unto
Leah’s Blog Parashat Vayeshev Chanukah 2021
Dear Rabbi & Rebbetzin / Moshe and Leah Goldsmith, It’s my humble pleasure and honor to be a part of Eretz Yisrael, especially during these unfathomable ti
Leah’s Blog Parashat Vayishlach 2021
Leah’s Blog – Vayishlach – The Pit and Pendulum – November 2021 A few years ago a movie crew came out here to do a film about Itamar. (It should be coming o
Leah’s Blog Vayetzeh 2021
In the wake of a series of terror attacks that left our community aching and needing help, we were plunged into the wide world to tell our story to whoever was willing to listen. B
Leah’s Blog Parashat Toldot 2021
Toldot – the Ultimate Oxymoron The root was planted with Abraham, a strong foundation with deep yearning to dig in even deeper. Something in Abraham awakened the kernel there tha
