http://www.chabadflamingo.com/magazine/default.asp?aid=9171 Chabad.org Parshah Portal features basic texts, summaries and in-depth analysis as well as commentary and other articles on the weekly Torah portion Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabadflamingo.com/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabadflamingo.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=3174 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=3174 Got no more than five minutes? The Parshah in a Nutshell is an ultra-short, one-page synopsis of the weekly Torah reading, peppered with links to related stories, essays and articles. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=9171 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=9171 Modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/parshah/rashi/default.asp?AID=9171 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/parshah/rashi/default.asp?AID=9171 A modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah with the classic commentary by Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105), universally regarded as the most basic tool for understanding the meaning of the text for schoolchild and scholar alike. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/parshah/in-depth/default.asp?AID=35875 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/parshah/in-depth/default.asp?AID=35875 Explore the Parshah together with a hundred generations of scholars and mystics, from Moses to today. Includes a detailed summary and overview, and dozens of selected excerpts from the Midrash, Talmud, the Commentaries and the Chassidic Masters. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=2632 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=2632 Humans love to talk. To this end, we have invented hundreds of languages and dozens of media. What lies behind the human being's verbosity? Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=2634 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=2634 What a seemingly negligible detail of the marriage of Isaac and Rebecca tells us about the nature of marriage between man and woman, and the nature of the marriage between man and G-d we call "life" Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=482092 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=482092 Eliezer gave Rebecca a ring, betrothing her to Isaac; ever since, rings, circles and enveloping structures have facilitated the union of man and woman. The Kabbalistic masters delve into the mystery of the circle to understand the unifying force that violates all the laws of ego and identity Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=2633 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=2633 A most curious aspect of the Isaac-Rebecca relationship is that for a lengthy period immediately prior to the marriage, Isaac literally disappears: a summation of Isaac's life leaves us with an unaccountable gap of almost three years Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=2636 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=2636 Ishmael was a wild man; banished from Abraham's home together with his mother Hagar. Years later, we find Ishmael accompanying Abraham to the Akeidah. After Sarah’s death, Abraham remarries Hagar. What's going on? Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321721 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321721 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321722 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321722 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321724 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321724 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=457784 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=457784 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321725 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321725 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=327876 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=327876 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=327910 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=327910 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321723 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321723 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=765264 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=765264 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321726 http://www.chabadflamingo.com/article.asp?aid=321726 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST