Vayechi – Breakthrough
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Parsha Sheet: Vayechi – The Heel Lives
Click here to download PDF Dead or Alive? This week’s Parsha opens up with the posuk “Yaakov was alive in Egypt for 17 years…” Hebrew doesn’t use the term “lived” as a synonym for “resided”. What is the Torah telling … Continued
Parsha Sheet: Vayigash – Restoring the Neck of Am Yisroel
Click here to download PDF Crying on the “Neck” Following the reunification of the brothers it says that “Yosef cried on the necks (plural!) of Binyomin and Binyomin cried on Yosef’s neck”. Rashi brings the Chazal that raise the question: … Continued
Parsha Sheet: Miketz – Chanukah: The Nation Sparks
Click here to download PDF Reflections for the Chanukah after the Petirah of the Godol HaDor Maran HaRav Ahron Yehuda Leib Shteinman ZT”L “Sparks” An interesting phenomenon repeats itself no less than four times in this week’s Parsha. Ever since the … Continued
Parsha Sheet:Vayeshev – Sifting through the ages
Click here to download PDF Mysterious Metaphor In the opening Rashi to this week’s Parsha, Rashi tells us that after speaking concisely about Eisav’s descendants and how and where they settled, the Torah now turns to discuss Yaakov and his … Continued
Bad Guys of the Bible 3: The Generation of Enosh – The Beginnings of Idolatry
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Vayishlach – Wives and Vows
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Parsha Sheet: Vayishlach – Shechem, The Cosmic Seam
Click here to download PDF Trouble Town In this week’s Parsha we encounter the place called Shechem. Rashi tells that Shechem is a place prone to tragedy. It was there that Dinah was raped, it was there that Yosef was … Continued
Parsha Sheet: Vayetzei – A Tale of Two Mothers and Two Kings
Vayetzei : A Tale of Two Mothers and Two Kings Click here to download PDF Rachel vs Leah In this week’s Parsha we have story of Yaakov finding his two wives, our matriarchs, Rachel and Leah. Although they came from … Continued
Vayeitzei – Bad Grandpa Lavan
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