In our Parsha, Vayeshev, Yosef’s brothers are maddened by Yosef’s seemingly insensitive proclamations (in the form of dreams) that they will one day bow to him. The brothers plot to kill him, change...
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Dvar for Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43)
Parshat Vayishlach records the highly anticipated reunion between Yakov and Eisav, after more than 20 years of rancor and animus, at least from Eisav’s perspective. When Yakov gave his presents to...
Dvar for Vayetzei (Genesis 28:10-32:1)
This week's Parsha, Vayetzei, finds Yakov fleeing to Charan to escape the wrath of Esav. Yakov camps and sleeps, dreams of a ladder with angels ascending and descending to/from G-d. When Yakov wakes...
Dvar for Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
Parshat Toldot tells the story of Rivka bearing twins, Esav and Yakov, and how Esav was drawn to brothels when she walked them, and Yakov was drawn to study halls when she walked by those (25:22)....
Dvar for Vayeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24)
Parshat Vayeira contains the story of Lot, who escaped the destruction of Sedom by hiding in the mountains with his two daughters. When his daughters thought the entire world was destroyed, as it...
Dvar for Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)
In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avraham is sent to Canaan, but then has to head to Egypt due to a famine, and after an ordeal with Paroh where he was rewarded with much wealth, the Passuk (verse) tells us...
Dvar for Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32)
Parshat Noach relates the cause, result, and aftermath of the flood. As the flood began, the passuk (verse) tells us that the springs of “tehom rabah” opened up (7:11). While the phrase means “the...
Dvar for Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)
As we begin Bereishit, after recounting creation and Adam/Chava’s sin of eating from the forbidden tree, life seemingly settles down for Adam and Chava. Adam goes off to work, they have 2 children,...
Dvar for Haazinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52)
In Haazinu we are urged to remember years past and to understand each and every generation (“dor vador”, 32:7) in the context of generations before it. As Rabbi Hirsch suggests, the word meaning...
Dvar for Vayelech (Deuteronomy 31:1-31:30)
Parshat Vayelech includes the commandment to gather everyone every seven years to hear the Torah being read. Men, women, converts and children are invited (31:12). The Gemara explains that while...