Parsha 12 of 54 · Sefer Bereishis
6 pieces on Parshas Vayechi, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 2 pages
Issue 1 Vol 12 January 1-2, 2021 Teves 17-18, 5781 May we do the right thing In this week’s parsha we see the culmination of the foundations set by the forefathers and foremothers for the future of the Jewish people. The parsha begins recalling the life of…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 2 pages
This week’s parsha is Veyechi, the final parsha in the book of Bereishish. The parsha deals with the death of Yakov Avinu and ultimately the death of Yosef, and the decline of the state of the Jews in Egypt, as part of the narrative of the exile of Egypt.…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 1 page
This week’s parsha is the final parsha of Chumash Bereishis. The parsha is “closed” meaning, there is no distinct break between the last parsha, and Rashi explains this is for 2 reasons. 1) Once the Yakov passed away, the hearts and minds of the Jews were…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 1 page
This week’s parsha concludes the first Chumash- Bereishis, with Yaakov giving his sons different blessings and words of Chizzuk. In the times we live in, the whole Chumash has been a script of the way the world works and our resolve as a nation, and we will…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 1 page
This week’s Parsha, Vayechi, marks the end of the first book of the Torah. It is Shabbos Chazak. With the culmination of Bereishis, we enter into the first exile, which is the final yerida before the Jews were formalized into the nation and given the Torah in…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha, Vayechi, marks the end of the first Chumash, Bereishis, and includes Yaakov’s send-off and blessings to his sons, his burial, and the death of Yosef. I heard a vort from Rabbi Zalman Lipsker, who told me that the numerical value of the…
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