Vayechi

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Vayechi: Joining the Covenant

Rabbi Jay Kelman

  The opening 11 chapters of Sefer Breisheet can be read as explaining why there was a need for a Jewish people. G-d created man in His image and tasked him with partnering with Him in conquering the world. G-d began the process of creation but…
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Vayechi: Life and Death

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss how the family reunion was rather disappointing.
Podcast

Vayechi: The Inconsistent Truth

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And they said, should they make our sister like a harlot?" (Breisheet 34:31). So ends round one of the debate between Yaakov on one side, and Shimon and Levi on the other, over the killing of the people of Shechem for the rape of Dinah. The Torah…
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Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Vayechi)

Rabbi Dr. Jacob Jaffe

Audio

Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Pinchas)

Zissy Turner

Audio

Vayechi: Family Ties

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the recurring and unfortunate themes of the book of Breisheet is that of sibling rivalry and even hatred: Cain and Hevel, Yitzchak and Yishmael, Yaakov and Eisav, Leah and Rachel, Yosef and his brothers. In fact, we often see better…
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Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Vayechi)

Rabbi Brahm Weinberg

Audio

Parshat Mishpatim

Rabbi Eitan Aviner

Audio

The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets, Parshat Vayechi

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

Audio

Vayechi: 17 Plus 17

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Sefer Breisheet begins with the grandeur of creation, detailing the many new life forms, and with great hope for the human race. This hope was to be short-lived, with story after story of man's pettiness and propensity for evil. By the end of…
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