Parsha 11 of 54 · Sefer Bereishis
6 pieces on Parshas Vayigash, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 3 pages
December 25-26, 2020 Teves 10-11, 5781 Vol. 1- Issue 11 G-d’s Plan This week’s parsha is the link to the beginning of the exile. After Yosef discovered his brother’s and he planted a chalice in Binyamin’s travel bag to hold up the caravan from leaving Egypt,…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 2 pages
Parshas Vayigash is the segue for the tribes and Yakov’s household to journey to Egypt, as Hashem intended. Yosef reveals himself to his brother and forgives them and absolves them for their shame and guilt for having sold Yosef to Egypt (Rashi on 45:12).…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha begins with Yehuda speaking (according to Rashi) rather harshly to Yosef, for detaining Binyamin, where Rashi explains in multiple ways that Yehuda was angry and would put “the viceroy in his place”. Yehuda is speaking with Yosef, it seems…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 1 page
This week’s Parsha paints a picture of life in Egypt for the Jews before slavery. Hashem tells us the details of society to model what happens in society, specifically in our times. As a result of the famine, the entire country was nationalized under the…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 1 page
In this week’s parsha, the brothers try to convince Yosef not to hold Binyamin back until Yosef finally reveals himself to them, with the famous line from 45:3: “I am Yosef. Is my father still alive?” Then Yosef tells the brother how he prepared the land and…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha is Vayigash, where Yosef reveals himself to his brothers and is reunited with his father. After having prepared the land to host Yakov and family, we are exposed to the purpose of this historical episode, which is the beginning of the…
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