Showing posts with label Vayeishev. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vayeishev. Show all posts
Saturday, December 17, 2022

A Yesod from Harav Moshe Tendler

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Rabbi Tendler once said that the Torah does not present caricatures of villains. If you see someone as a rasha gamur, you are missing the le...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Vayeishev, Breishis 37:3, Ben Zekunim, Chanuka, (and Keats.)

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The Baal Haturim here says that זקונים is an abbreviation for the five orders of Mishnayos that Yaakov had learned with Yosef. זקנים. נוטריק...
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Sunday, April 18, 2021

The Ancient and Tragic History of Racial Profiling

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  Breishis 39:1 ויוסף הורד מצרימה ויקנהו פוטיפר סריס פרעה שר הטבחים איש מצרי מיד הישמעאלים אשר הורדהו שמה Medrash Rabba Vayeishev Breishis 8...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Vayeishev. From the Kollel Hora'ah of America

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Without any influence of negiyus, I think the vort about leisheiv b'shalva is excellent. ביקש יעקב לישב בשלוה R' Moshe Ei...

Vayeishev. Mesiras Nefesh to Avoid Simple Yichud

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With innumerable and probably often baseless accusations of sexual harassment flying, it's interesting to look at the story of Yosef and...
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Thursday, December 7, 2017

Vayeishev: Decency as a Cardinal Religious Principle

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With the story of his grandmother Tamar in mind, David Hamelech famously responded to his tormentors. David Hamelech's enemies publicly...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Vayeishev, Miketz: Why Yosef Remained in Prison Two Extra Years

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At the end of Vayeishev, Yosef asked the Sar HaMashkim to remember him to Pharaoh, to ask that he be released because he was innocent. The S...
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