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

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

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e-TiM: Parshat Shavua 5781 with Dr. Aaron Koller: Parshat Vayeshev

Dr. Aaron Koller

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VaYeshev: Coats and Goats

Rabbi Jay Kelman

We tend to divide the Bible into narrative and law. The former teaches ethical and moral values while the latter instructs us on how we must conduct our life on a day-to-day basis. Yet it would be a mistake to see these as two separate realms. The…
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Parshat Vayeshev: Torah Ambiguity

Rabbi Jay Kelman

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VaYeshev: The Successful Man

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Our Sages attach the appellation Tzadik, righteous one, to Yosef, presumably because of his ability to withstand the sexual advances of Potiphar’s wife. Yet the Torah itself refers to Yosef as an Ish Matzliach[1], a successful person, no less than…
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VaYeshev: Respectfully Declined

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And Yaakov ripped his garments and put sackcloth on his loins, and he mourned for his son many days” (Breisheet 37:34). Thinking—with good reason—that Yosef, his favourite son, was dead, Yaakov was inconsolable, and he…
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Vayeshev: Sibling Rivalry

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Talmud records that one who has no dreams for a period of seven days is called a wicked person (Brachot 55b). Dreams represent our innermost thoughts, our concerns of the present, and our aspirations for the future. One must never cease to dream…
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VaYeshev: Time to Grow Up

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Perhaps no Biblical story fascinates us like that of Yosef and his brothers. Its twists and turns are full of drama, intrigue, tragedy, violence, sex, cunning and pathos, and features common folk and royalty alike. It even has a happy ending—…
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Vayeshev: Look Out the Window

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Why was it that Abraham and Yitzchak had only one child who would remain within the Jewish people while Yaakov merited that all his children would be part of the Abrahamic covenant?   We should not expect the Bible to answer this question. The…
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VaYeshev: The Sounds of Silence

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It takes much thought and hard work to learn when to speak up and when to remain silent. Often, we find ourselves in trouble because of a loose and fast tongue that spoke too soon. Of course, at other times, when the occasion demands that we…
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