PARSHAT VAYECHI
December 29-30, 2023 / 18 Tevet 5784
HAFTARAH
I Kings 2:1-12
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TORAH
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L'Kadsho
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Shabbos. Every. Day. |
Have you checked out Shabbos Daily in L’Kadsho? This project provides books on hilchos Shabbos to those who agree to learn them. Also in L’Kadsho this week: Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon on how Shabbos testifies to the creation of the world, Rabbi Reuven Brand on meleches machsheves, Rabbi Aryeh Kerzner on making kiddush before accepting Shabbos, and more!
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Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman
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Writing an Ethical Will |
In this week’s Torah reading and haftarah, we read of the directives of dying parents to their children.
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Rabbi Menachem Genack
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Two Types of Prayer |
Targum Onkelos explains that Yaakov’s reference to taking Shechem with his “sword and bow” refers to two types of prayer. What is this based on, and what are they?
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Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider
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Going Home |
The bookends of Parashat Vayechi show that the heart and soul of the Jew always yearn to go home.
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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks ztz"l
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Grandparents |
Though there are many instances throughout Torah and Tanach in which parents bless their children, our parsha features the only example of a grandparent blessing grandchildren.
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Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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Each One Is One of a Kind |
I was very embarrassed by her sharp rebuke. But looking back, I realize that the lesson I learned from her brief criticism was more valuable than most of my other training experiences.
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Rabbi Shalom Rosner
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Chesed and Emet |
Prior to his death, Yaakov Avinu instructs Yosef to bury him in Israel. Why does Yaakov ask Yosef to perform both emet and chesed for him simultaneously?
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