The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Vayetzei Genesis 28:10-32:3 We learn how to give thanks from our mother Leah. On the birth of her fourth child, Leah exclaimed, “This time I will give thanks [odeh] to God. Therefore, she named him Yehuda” (Genesis 29:35). Citing…
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