All posts in: Vayigash
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7 years ago
The Shevatim didn’t have an answer and neither will we
A number of times before he revealed himself to his brothers, Yosef asked them if their father was alive and they answered in the affirmative. Now when Yosef says ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
Parashas Vayigash – long
Parashas Vayigash At the conclusion of last week’s sedra we were left on a real cliff hanger with Binyamin being caught red-handed with Yoseph’s goblet after ..
Written by Daniel Sandground
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7 years ago
do you undervalue your brothers???
This week’s parsha is the dramatic climax of the story of Yosef and his brothers. First, they sell him as a slave to Egypt. Afterwards, Yosef achieves phenomenal ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
Judgment Day
When Yosef reveals his identity with the famous line ‘I am Yosef. Is my father still alive? And the brothers could not answer him, for they were embarrassed,’ ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
What was Yaakov’s Mistake?
In this weeks Parsha, Yaakov, the monotheist, meets Pharoh, the king of Egypt and the most powerfulman in the world. What could they have discussed? The meaning ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
Goshen Green
Strangely, when Yosef relays the message that his brothers are to tell Yaakov when they return home, Yosef makes sure that Yaakov is told ‘you will settle in the land ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
connections and vayigash
Parshas Vayigash; Connections If one were pressed to give a unified title to our sedra this week, I think it would be ‘connections/meetings.’ The sedra opens ..
Written by avreich
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7 years ago
the hidden message behind the notes
The leining notes (‘trop’/ cantillation notes’) might seem a cute way to musically convey a sedra, but there is much more to them than that. One can see that ..
Written by d fine (something my dad used to say each year)
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7 years ago
in the blink of an eye 2
Chazal tell us that vayehi tends to introduce a bad event ; tzaar (gemara megillah 10b; see Rabbeinu Chananel there). For example, that’s how the megilla starts ..
Written by D Fine
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7 years ago
in the blink of an eye…
We can learn something vital from the end of the yosef episode in our sedra. Things have gone from one bad turn to the next for the brothers, and eventually Binyomim ..
Written by D Fine
