parshat Vayetze

We see in this week's reading that it is our father Jacob who is really the master of dreams.

Judaism is supremely a religion of love. Judaism is also about justice. So why this combination of justice and love? Why is love alone not enough?

Rav Moshe Feinstein says that Hashem davka wanted Yakov to sleep in that sacred spot! For what Yakov "did not know," & what G-d wanted very much to teach him – and us! - was that every activity we perform in life can be a holy act, if only we have the right outlook.

May I take credit for something that I did not do myself? Must I make a full disclosure when it may cause a negative outcome? Is it permitted to “add” to the truth?

Bringing up normal, well-adjusted, and hopefully, holy children, in our day and age seems to be a daunting task. How can we succeed against a world glitter and selfishness

At the beginning of Yaakov’s long journey, he stopped in Beit El, where he slept, dreamt, and erected a monument. At that place, he swore that if he would return in peace to his father’s house, he would make the place of the monument a “house of G-d”.

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly Torah reading of "Vayetze".

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks ZT"L for the weekly Torah reading of "Vayetze".