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The Avos, the Gemora says, were called Yesharim, the Upright Ones, and that they were. Few, if any other peoples, have such illustrious ancestors who… Read More »Straight Away

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person… Read More »Parsha Summary for Parshas Vayechi

M’lochim I 2:1 The Talmud in Bava Matzia 87a tells us that Yakov Avinu [our father] was the first person to “get weak” prior to… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Vayechi

This week we read the parsha of Vayechi, completing the Sefer {Book} of Breishis. “Vayechi Yaakov {And Yaakov lived} in the land of Mitzrayim {Egypt}… Read More »Tears of Joy

How terrible the disappointment must have been for Simon and Levi! How crushing! They had come to their father’s bedside together with all their brothers… Read More »Stolen Crafts

“And Yoseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years and they put him in a coffin in Egypt.” (Genesis 50:26) Thus ends… Read More »Hope in a Box

In the V’al Hanisim part of the davening we mention “In the days of Matisyahu” and the family, but we don’t directly give them credit. … Read More »Nisim in Ordinary Life

Then Yosef said to his brothers, “Please come closer to me,” and they drew closer. And he said, “I am your brother Yosef whom you… Read More »Tests Big and Small

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1318 – Ectogenesis: Artificial Wombs… Read More »The Sfas Emes Answers Some Old and Pressing Questions About the Story of Yosef

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person… Read More »Parsha Summary for Parshas Vayigash