This week’s parshah contains the gripping and well-known account involving the rivalry between Yosef and his brothers. It almost goes without saying that looking at this episode in a purely superficial manner would constitute a gross error. One may come away with the false impression that this is a tale of petty jealousy, vengeful behavior, and sinister plots. But as we are discussing the “Shivtei Kah – G-dly Tribes,” children [...]
(The following is based in large measure on expositions of R’ Yeruchem Olshin in the sefer Yerach L’mo’adim, Succos vol. II, 56:3,4, and 45:4.) This week’s parshah opens with the lead-up to the long-awaited meeting between Ya’akov and his adversarial brother, Esav. As Ya’akov prepared for this encounter, the threat from Esav obviously loomed large. In light of this, Ya’akov’s initial communication is somewhat hard to understand. The Torah records that he [...]
Originally printed in the Family First magazine My Brother Chesky I was a post-seminary graduate when my thirteen-year-old only brother, Chesky, started feeling lethargic. The diagnosis: leukemia. “Leukemia?” we asked the doctor, stunned. “Leukemia,” he confirmed. My family was thrown onto the cancer rollercoaster. With his positive attitude and upbeat personality, Chesky was a trooper. All he wanted was to get through this and be done. Chemo, radiation, [...]
There is a well-known teaching of Chazal that highlights the great kindness Hashem has wrought for Yisrael in that He supplies them with abundant opportunity to accrue merit. As the Mishnah states (Makkos 3:16): רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָא בֶּן עֲקַשְׁיָא אוֹמֵר, רָצָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְזַכּוֹת אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְפִיכָךְ הִרְבָּה לָהֶם תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ד' חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר. “R’ Chananyah ben Akashya says: Hashem wanted to [...]
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