Category: Rabbi Abraham

Rabbi Greenbaum gained his MA in classics and social sciences at Cambridge University. As a Harkness Fellow he studied at Harvard and Columbia, after which he spent four years as a BBC Radio news commentator and producer.

Blog / Parshat Shemot / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

December 19, 2021

Shemos: Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: SHEMOS Exodus 1:1-6:1; Haftara: Isaiah 27:6-28:13, 29:22-23 (Sephardi ritual: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3). “AND THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL”: ISRAEL ON THE WORLD STAGE With the beginning...

Blog / Parshat Vayechi / Rabbi Abraham

December 12, 2021

Vayechi: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: VAYECHI Gen. 47:28-50:26 AND JACOB LIVED. “And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years” (Gen. 47:28). These were “good” years (17 is the gematria of TOV...

Parshat Yitro / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

January 20, 2021

Yitro: Rabbi Abraham

It is fitting that the parshah which tells of the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai is named after Yisro (Jethro), Moses’ father-in-law — a convert. Indeed, all those who witnessed the Giving...

Parshat Beshalach / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

January 19, 2021

Beshalach: Rabbi Avraham

Torah Reading: Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftara: Judges 4:4-5:31 (Sephardi ritual: Judges 5:1-31). INTO THE WILDERNESS Fairy tales may end happily ever after, but the Torah is an encounter with reality, in which progress and breakthroughs...

Parshat Bo / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

January 10, 2021

Parshat Bo | Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: BO Exodus 10:1-13:16 , Haftara: Jeremiah 46:13-28 G-D ALWAYS HAS THE UPPER HAND “Who then is able to stand before me? Who has given Me anything beforehand, that I...

Parshat Vayeira / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

October 31, 2020

Vayeira: Rabbi Avraham

G-d’s Covenant with Abraham, marked by the sign of circumcision, brought Abraham to an entirely new level, making him worthy of fathering Isaac, the descendants of whose son Jacob have been the guardians of...

Parshat Noach / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

October 18, 2020

Noah: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Noah: Gen. 6.9-11.32. Haftara Isaiah 54:1-55:5 (Sephardi ritual: Isaiah 54:1-10). Parshas BEREISHIS told the story of the first Ten Generations of the Children of Adam, establishing fundamental facts...

Parshat Ki Tavo / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

September 2, 2020

Ki Tavo: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Abraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: KI TAVO, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8. Haftara: Isaiah 60:1-22. Our parshah, KI TAVO, puts the seal on Moses’ detailed exposition of the commandments in the Mishneh Torah (=Deuteronomy) — the...

Parshat Shoftim / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

August 19, 2020

Shoftim: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: SHOFTIM, Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9. Haftara: Isaiah 51:12-52:12. The annual cycle of Torah readings is so arranged that parshas SHOFTIM, “Judges”, is always read on the first Shabbos of the...

Parshat Devarim / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

July 19, 2020

Devarim: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: DEVARIM, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Isaiah 1:1-27. THE BOTTOM LINE As always, we commence the reading of the book of DEVARIM (Deuteronomy), the last of the Five Books of Moses,...

Parshat Pinchas / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

July 6, 2020

Pinchas: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading PINCHAS, Numbers 25:10-30:1 PINCHAS, PRINCE OF PEACE “Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aaron the Priest turned away My wrath from upon the Children of Israel in his...

Parsha Bamidbar / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

May 18, 2020

Bamidbar: Rabbi Abraham

UNIVERSAL TORAH: BAMIDBAR By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Numbers 1:1-4:20 Haftara: Hosea 2:1-22. IN THE WILDERNESS It was fitting that the Giving of the Torah took place in no-man’s-land amidst the stark desolation...