SHEMOT: Antisemitism Began In Egypt
וַיָּ֥קׇם מֶֽלֶךְ־חָדָ֖שׁ עַל־מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע אֶת־יוֹסֵֽף
ויאמר אל עמו הנה עם בני ישראל רב ועצום ממנוהבה נתחכמה לו פן ירבה והיה כי תקראנה מלחמה ונוסף...
VAYICHI: Preparing Ourselves To Die
LIVE LIKE MORTALS
The idea of death has always fascinated me. In my teens, becoming my conscious of my own mortality and its hopeless inevitability...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT VAYICHI
Parashat Vayichi (ויחי) which means “and he lived” refers to the last 17 years of the life of the patriarch Jacob , Ya’aqob, in...
VAYICHI: The forgotten Hero of Genesis
This Shabbat we will finish reading the book of Bereshit (Genesis). The first of the five books of the Tora includes a fascinating story,...
VAYICHI: Success and Failure in Raising Children
Our Sages never overlooked the small and significant missteps made by our ancestors, especially in the times before the Tora had been revealed when...
How do we celebrate the 15th of Shebat
This coming year, 2026, we will celebrate TU BISHBAT, the "New Year of the Trees ", Monday February 2nd. This "new year or cycle"...
MIQETZ IN FIVE ACTS
While in jail, Yosef correctly interprets the dreams of the imprisoned Pharaoh's officers. Two years later, Pharaoh has a dream. He is standing...
MIQETZ: Droughts, Floods, and the Exquisite Accuracy of our Tora
כי זה שנתים הרעב בקרב הארץ ועוד חמש שנים אשר אין חריש וקציר
There has been famine in the land for two years now, and...
MIQETZ: Having God In Mind
"Emuna" is generally translated as faith, and is understood as "believing in the existence of God". But the Emuna / faith of Yosef went...
VAYESHEB: Faith requires patience
YOSEF, THE MANAGER
Yosef was sold by his brothers and transported to the slave market in Egypt, where Potiphar, a minister in Pharaos court, acquired...
