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THERE IS THIS joke about a woman who cried the first time she read the story about Yosef’s kidnapping and how he suffered. But her… Read More »Remorse Now

And he (Yaakov) went ahead of them and prostrated himself to the ground seven times, until he came close to his brother. And Esav ran… Read More »A Brotherly Embrace

Fear and Battle Yaakov wanted to make peace with his brother.  He went out of the way to greet him before coming home to his… Read More »The Sleeping Bandit

Yaakov’s sons…were distressed, and were full of indignation. For [Shechem] had committed an outrage in Israel by violating a daughter of Yaakov, and such a… Read More »The Oil of Victory

Yaakov prepared himself to confront his brother — a man who 22 years ago set out in a rage to kill him. Yaakov had no… Read More »All… Most

WHICH WAS THE real fight, the one with the “stranger” the night before, or with Eisav the next day? Clearly the one with the stranger… Read More »The Real Fight

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: ##1315 – Did The Gadol… Read More »The Key to Yaakov’s Gratitude is Hayarden HaZEH

Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 6: Ways 3-4: (3) Explaining to Ourselves (4) Mastering our Surroundings

BS”D Volume 39, No. 7 6 Kislev 5785 December 7, 2024 Sponsored by the Katz family on the yahrzeit of Chana Eidel bat Moshe Aharon… Read More »Our Story

And he dreamt, and behold a ladder was standing towards the earth and its head was striving towards the heavens and angels of Elokim were… Read More »That Ladder of Potential