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Vayeshev: The President and the Viceroy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the messages I try to hammer home to my students is that everything in the Torah can be understood as editorial comments on current events. Greed, temptation, family problems, substance abuse, heroism, war, loyalty--you name it, it is right…
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Vayeshev: And Yehuda Went Down

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And Yehuda saw her [his daughter-in-law Tamar], and he thought she was a harlot, because her face was covered" (38:15). Presumably, covering one's face was not the norm, and Tamar's doing so raised suspicion that she likely had something to hide.…
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VaYeishev: 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, a successful person, no less than…
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Parshat Vayeshev

Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

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