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Vayetze: The Complexity of Chesed

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Torah is a most complex work, and nowhere more so than in sefer Breisheet. Story after story lends itself to multiple and contradictory interpretations. The Torah often leaves out crucial details as it narrates the stories, and rarely…
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Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Vayetzei)

Rabbi Gedalyah Berger

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Vayezei: Making One Pray

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And G-d saw that Leah was hated, and He opened her womb" (Breisheet 29:31). Apparently, Leah—as was the case with Sarah, Rivka, and Rachel—was meant to have difficulty conceiving, but as "compensation" for being…
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e-TiM Parshat Shavua 5781 with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: Parshat Vayetzei

Rabbi Daniel Korobkin

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The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets, Parshat Vayetzei

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

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VaYetze: From Yaakov to Yisrael

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And Yaakov was a pure man, dwelling in the tents” (Breisheet 25:27). Like his father before him, Yaakov had little interest in the wider world surrounding him, preferring to remain near home, engrossed in study. He was the direct…
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VaYetze: G-d is Against Me

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The experiences of history have made our people a nervous lot. Whatever nervousness is warranted as members of the human race is significantly multiplied for those of the Jewish persuasion. We tend to be nervous even when there is little to be…
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VaYetze: Listen to Your Mother

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Torah tells us nothing about the upbringing of Abraham; we do not even know the name of his mother. All we know about him is that he was the oldest of Terach’s three children, married to Sarai who was barren, and his father for some…
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The Ladder and the Well: Re-reading the Adventures of Yaakov on His Journey to Haran

Dr. Yonatan Feintuch

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VaYetze: Sisters In Love

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One could hardly find fault with the claim that sibling rivalry is the major theme of Sefer Breisheet. Beginning with the first set of brothers, Cain and Hevel, and continuing through Joseph and his brothers, we confront dispute after dispute. The…
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