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Vayeshev
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12 Facts About Judah Every Jew Should Know
Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Compared to a lion, Judah was the ancestor of the royal House of David. He made mistakes and rectified them, blazing a path for others to follow.
Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Compared to a lion, Judah was the ancestor of the royal House of David. He made mistakes and rectified them, blazing a path for others to follow.
5 Ways to Save This Year
As far as Jewish holidays go, Chanukah, when kept to tradition, is actually an inexpensive one.
As far as Jewish holidays go, Chanukah, when kept to tradition, is actually an inexpensive one.
10 Questions: Take the Dreams in the Torah Quiz
Dreams played a central role in the lives of our forefathers. How much do you know about dreams in Judaism?
Dreams played a central role in the lives of our forefathers. How much do you know about dreams in Judaism?
Celebrating 19 Kislev
The Tzaddik and the Dragon of Darkness I
You bathed in the honey-sweet, divine glow that saturates every one of the endless strata of gardens of Eden, each with its particular flavor of light, its own taste of ecstasy. Bliss unlimited. And then you got the call.
You bathed in the honey-sweet, divine glow that saturates every one of the endless strata of gardens of Eden, each with its particular flavor of light, its own taste of ecstasy. Bliss unlimited. And then you got the call.
Your Questions
Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors
Jacob loved his son Joseph more than all his other sons and made him a ketonet passim, commonly translated as a “coat of many colors.”
Jacob loved his son Joseph more than all his other sons and made him a ketonet passim, commonly translated as a “coat of many colors.”
Parshah
Judah, Tamar, and the Indomitable Flame of Chanukah
No matter how bleak reality may seem, darkness cannot exist alongside light – even just the tiniest of flames
No matter how bleak reality may seem, darkness cannot exist alongside light – even just the tiniest of flames
The Power of Words and the Toxicity of Jealousy
Very often, what we perceive in another’s words is really a reflection of our own mood or perspective.
Very often, what we perceive in another’s words is really a reflection of our own mood or perspective.
What's Wrong With Retirement?
We all dream of enjoying a peaceful and serene life. But can too much serenity lead to senility?
We all dream of enjoying a peaceful and serene life. But can too much serenity lead to senility?
For Your Vayeishev Study Group (PDF)
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
Voices
I’m No Longer Keeping Quiet …
I so badly wanted to say, on behalf of all the couples embracing infertility, “Perhaps you can save the bonding over being parents until after we leave?”
I so badly wanted to say, on behalf of all the couples embracing infertility, “Perhaps you can save the bonding over being parents until after we leave?”
Dancing to the Beat Undeterred in Nicaragua
Rabbi David and Chana decided to remain in the country until there were no more travelers that needed them, even though the situation was becoming increasingly dangerous.
Rabbi David and Chana decided to remain in the country until there were no more travelers that needed them, even though the situation was becoming increasingly dangerous.
Lifestyle
[When Achashverosh declared that he would] "do the will of each and every one" (Esther 1:8), G-d said: "Wicked one! If two people desire to marry the same woman, can she marry both of them? If there are two sailing ships out in the ocean, and one requires a southern wind and the other requires a northern wind, could one wind move them both? Tomorrow, two people will come to you, Mordechai and Haman; could you satisfy both, but to promote the one and hang the other...? The only one who can 'do the will of each and every one' is G-d, of whom it is written (Psalms 145:16) 'You open Your Hand, and satisfy every life and will...'"
— Midrash Rabbah, Esther 2
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How to unmask a blessing in disguise:
Stare it in the face and say, “I know you are not just a lousy day or bad luck. I know you are a good friend—even if for the life of me I cannot determine how. I know there is only one Source of All Things, and nothing can convince me that evil descends from Above. Evil descends fr...
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