VaYigash: Was It All A Foregone Conclusion?

VaYigash: Was It All A Foregone Conclusion?

VaYigash: Was It All A Foregone Conclusion? Rabbi Richard F. Address, D. Min. Vayigash is one of the great portions of Torah. The central scene is the revelation by Joseph to his brothers. It is a moment of Torah that is filled with drama, pathos and the reality that,...
Vayeshev: Settling Down, Never Stopping

Vayeshev: Settling Down, Never Stopping

www.flickr.com/photos/martynstarkey/2574668021/ Vayeshev: Settling Down, Never Stoppingby Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman Parshat Vayeishev begins by telling us that “Jacob settled in the land of Canaan.” Our commentator Rashi calls our attention to the very first word,...
Vayishlach: What Do We Wrestle With?

Vayishlach: What Do We Wrestle With?

By Francesco Hayez – The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152649 Vayishlach: What Do We Wrestle With? by...
Vayetze: 50 Years Later

Vayetze: 50 Years Later

Marc Chagall, Jacob’s Dream, 1966. Nice, France This Shabbat marks 50 years since I read the haftarah for Vayetze at my Friday night bat mitzvah at B’nai Torah in Trumbull, CT. Where has the time gone? Who could have imagined that 50 years later I’d be a rabbi,...
Va-yetze: Leaving Home

Va-yetze: Leaving Home

Parashat Va-yetze: Leaving Home Rabbi Stephen Lewis Fuchs “And he left,” ויצא (Genesis 28:10) “And Jacob left,” home. As I look back over my life, and the life and career of our patriarch Jacob, the day we each left home marked pivotal turning points in our lives....

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