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Yechezkel 37:15In the year 2964 – 797 b.c.e, following the death of Shlomo Hamelech, the nation was divided between Rechavam ben Shlomo and Yiravam ben… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Vayigash

Yehudah drew close to him.[2] There is more to this gesture than meets the eye. It is not just about an emboldened Yehudah who seizes… Read More »Putting It All Together

BS”D Volume 39, No. 11 4 Tevet 5785 January 4, 2025 Our Parashah begins, “Yehuda approached him and said, ‘If you please, my master, may… Read More »Just to be Close

This week’s Parsha continues the gripping narrative of Yosef as he continues the drama of targeting his brothers as dishonest people, threatening to take Binyomin… Read More »Piecing Together the Jigsaw Puzzle

At the onset of this week’s portion, Yehuda pleads with Yoseph, Egypt’s viceroy, for mercy. Binyamin was framed for a crime he did not commit.… Read More »Whole Justice

THIS IS FROM God, that which is wondrous in our eyes” (Tehillim 118:23). I remember the day during Chanukah one year when it all of… Read More »Leadership Pains

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1317 – Oops! I Bentched… Read More »The Meaning of Yosef’s Gratitude: “I Have Forgotten All About My Father’s House”

“Hadlaka Oseh Mitzvah” – “Lighting makes the Mitzvah” – The Rema in Shulchan Aruch – Orach Chaim 671:6 “Hadlaka Oseh Mitzvah” – “Lighting makes the… Read More »Just the Beginning

It happened at the end of two years that Paroh was dreaming…[2] Chazal’s[3] understanding of this verse is confusing. On the one hand, they see… Read More »Geulah on Steroids

This Shabbos, the final day of Chanukah, we read the parsha of Miketz. “Va’y’hee miketz shnasa’yim yamim u’Paroah cholaim {And it was at the end… Read More »Dreams etc.