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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

Vayigash: To Cry or Not to Cry

sylvie.moscovitz

"He turned away from them and wept, he returned to them and spoke to them” (Breisheet 42:24). “Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome with feeling toward his brother and was on the verge of tears; he went into a room and wept there” (Breisheet 43:…
Article

Parshat Shavua 5785 with weekly guest speakers (Vayigash)

Rabbanit Dr. Adena Berkowitz

Audio

Vayigash: Joseph's Revenge

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss the tragic relationship between Joseph and his brothers. 
Podcast

Miketz: Yosef & Chanukah - A Tragic Saga?

sylvie.moscovitz

“On Chanukah [we read] the [gifts] of the Neseeim, the leaders of the 12 tribes, [given upon the dedication of the Tabernacle” (Megillah 30b). And so we do each of the eight days of Chanukah. Yet generally when people talk about the Torah reading…
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Mikeitz: Internal Politics

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss how Joseph learns (the hard way) how to operate in the halls of power. 
Podcast

Parshat Shavua 5785 with weekly guest speakers (Miketz)

Ruth Shane

Audio

Vayeshev: Brotherly Silence

sylvie.moscovitz

When we think of the tragic story of Joseph and his brothers we realize it is just that, namely Joseph and his "brothers". "Joseph's brothers left to tend their sheep…I'm looking for my brothers... Here comes the dreamer they said to one another……
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