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Vayigash
Essay
The Tzaddik and the Dragon of Darkness II
You found a cavern amidst the geothermal stream. It was warm. It was good. In some distant, fleeting way, it reminded you of the bliss of your garden above. Oh, how you yearned to return there.
You found a cavern amidst the geothermal stream. It was warm. It was good. In some distant, fleeting way, it reminded you of the bliss of your garden above. Oh, how you yearned to return there.
By the Numbers
7 Lessons From Travel You Can Apply to Daily Life
When we’re away, we are more willing to entertain different perspectives. We are friendlier, less judgmental and more open-minded.
When we’re away, we are more willing to entertain different perspectives. We are friendlier, less judgmental and more open-minded.
Your Questions
Why Celebrate a Baby Girl With a Shabbat Kiddush?
There is an old custom that, after a baby girl is born, the parents host a kiddush reception when people bestow blessings on the child.
There is an old custom that, after a baby girl is born, the parents host a kiddush reception when people bestow blessings on the child.
Chanukah News
Parshah
Illuminating the Darkest Moments of Your Life
Often, the context we assign to experiences is really a projection of how we view ourselves.
Often, the context we assign to experiences is really a projection of how we view ourselves.
Joseph's Message
It was not enough for Jacob to discover that Joseph was still alive physically. He needed to hear that he was also alive spiritually.
It was not enough for Jacob to discover that Joseph was still alive physically. He needed to hear that he was also alive spiritually.
For Your Vayigash 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.
Story
He Cheated the Angel of Death
“I can’t give the evil inclination such a victory,” said Reb Shmaya, “so everyone leave me alone and let me die in peace.”
“I can’t give the evil inclination such a victory,” said Reb Shmaya, “so everyone leave me alone and let me die in peace.”
Lifestyle
This is to teach us that taking in guests is greater than receiving the Divine Presence
— Talmud, Shevuot 35b, commenting on the fact that Abraham interrupted a visit from G-d to invite three passing wayfarers into his tent (Genesis 18:4)
Print Magazine
“The man Moses was more humble than any human being on the face of the earth.” (Numbers 12:3)
Moses didn’t fool himself. He knew how good he was. He knew he stood on a level beyond any other human being. Yet he was humbled before them.
Because he knew that all that he had achieved was only with the capabilities given...
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