Parsha 9 of 54 · Sefer Bereishis
6 pieces on Parshas Vayeishev, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 9 pages
Shabbos Chanuka December 11-12, 2020 Kislev 26 5781 This week is dedicated in honor of our dear Zaide Matisyahu Ben R’Avraham Abba Halevi. I would usually write some esoteric or limud from the parsha, but I am at a loss of what to write about, as, I fully…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 4 pages
How do we deal with the fact that the brothers, based on the simple explanation of the posuk, “hated” Yosef? Perhaps, because of what needed to transpire as part of the journey of the Jews to Egypt, prior to receiving the Torah. Yosef stated his dreams in…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 1 page
This week’s Parsha is Vayeishev, the Parsha where we are deeply introduced to Yakov’s family and his sons and their relationship with Yosef. From here on out, we are not as concerned over the relationship between Yakov and Esav- the Torah is focused on the…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 1 page
The Gemara Shabbos 22a, when discussing the Mitzvah and holiday of Chanukah and the height of the Menorah, quotes Rav Kahana, two seemingly unconnected ideas. The first is that at the height of 20 Amos, a menorah is posul because people cannot see it. Then…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
In this week’s Parsha Vayeishev, we learn of Yosef’s descent into Mitzraim at the hands of the brothers. Interspersed in the chapters is the story of Yehuda and Tamar. The first Rashi, after the story in chapter 39, asks why the story of Yehuda and Tamar took…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 4 pages
This week’s Parsha Vayeishev is the point at which the brothers sell Yosef, who ends up in Egypt. In Perek 38, there is a story of Yehuda and his daughter-in-law Tamar, who bore twins, Peretz and Zerach. It seems out of place that, as the Torah recounts…
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