Lessons on Vayeshev

articles on Vayeshev

Believing in Belief

The convergence of Chanuka and the week’s Torah reading

The Angel Who Didn’t Know He Was An Angel

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Vayeshev".

Secrets of the Return to Zion in the Story of Yoseft

A short video connecting the Parashah and the land of Israel.

Take Responsibility!

A summarized Shiur of Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Vayeshev".

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The Dangers of Blind Love

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 19 Kislev 5785

Parashat Hashavua: The Visits in Beit El of Yaakov/Yisrael – part II

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | kislev 5785

Word to the world

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 14 Shvat 5784

Who was the mysterious "Wife of Potifar" who tries to seduce yosef?

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 14 Shvat 5784

On Unity, Listening, and National Healing

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 13 Shvat 5784

When Do We Not Make a Beracha on a Fragrance?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 13 Shvat 5784

Vayeshev- Speech Therapy

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 6 Shvat 5784

Eradicating Hatred in Our Generation

Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel | 25 Kislev 5784

75 Lessons on Vayeshev

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Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
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Rabbi Shlomo Goren zt"l
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Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gruner
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l

Chukat

A Tale of Four Islands

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tamuz 6 5778

D'varim

Poetic Controversies

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 1 5777

Prayer

Days on Which Tachanun Is Not Recited

Chapter Twenty One-Part Three

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

Prayer

May I Daven in English?

People, who cannot read Hebrew at all, have no choice but to pray in the language that they can read and understand. However, anyone who can should accept the challenge of studying the prayers a bit at a time, gradually thereby developing both fluency and comprehension

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

Prayer

The Blessing for Rain for those travelling to the Land of Israel

Praying for a Rainy Day When Traveling to or from Eretz Yisroel in November

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

Naso

The Mitzvah of “Duchening” - Birchas Kohanim

The basic Halachot of Duchening, taking off shoes and washing hands, Why Is This Mitzvah Called Duchening? The connection between Duchening and dreams...

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

Vayishlach

The Halacha and History of the Gid Hanosheh

The mitzvah of gid hanosheh forbids us from eating the sciatic nerve, a sinew that runs from the lower back over the top of the hip and down the leg. Another Mitzvah is not eating the Cheylev, some fats in an animal.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | kislev 5769

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Are We Permitted to Enjoy this World?

I recline in an armchair in the lobby of the hotel and look over the menu. After the crazy day I've had, I deserve to relax and enjoy a good meal. Suddenly, I am menaced by a disturbing thought: Am I really permitted to enjoy myself in this world?

Various Rabbis | 13 Shvat 5768

Laws of Hanukkah

Flying High - A Traveler’s Guide to Channukah

What does one do about Channukah candles in a hotel, while traveling and in other complicated circumstances?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Kislev 5768

Vayetze

Study House of Shem & Ever in a world of Lavan

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Kislev 5768

Mishpatim

The Absolute and the Conditional

Although Mishpatim follows Yitro, the two parshiyot are very different in nature.

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shvat 5767

Various Subjects

The Laws Relating to Converts

The laws relating to Jewish converts are most astounding. Despite the criticism directed at the Jewish people on the grounds that Judaism is racist, the Torah teaches us that any non-Jew who earnestly seeks to join the Jewish people may do so.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

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