Vayechi

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Vayechi: To Forgive or Not to Forgive

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“What’s the bottom line” is an expression one often hears in so many areas of life. A coach maintains or loses his job based on how many wins or loses the team has. Whether that is fair or correct is generally irrelevant – it’s the bottom line that…
Article

Vayechi: Jacob's Revenge

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss why Jacob didn't bless his children. 
Podcast

Parshat Shavua 5785 with weekly guest speakers (Vayehi)

Susan Hornstein

Audio

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…
Article

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…
Article

Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Vayechi)

Rabbi Brahm Weinberg

Audio