Vayeshev: Serenity with Fear
“And Jacob dwelled in the land of the residence of his father, in the land of Canaan.[1]” Why is it important to emphasize that it...
Category : Vayeishev
Descent for the Sake of Ascent: Transcript from Yud Tet (19) Kislev 5780: Part 1
Descent for the sake of ascent Edited transcript from 19th of Kislev farbrengen – 5780 given by Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh – Yerushalayim Part 1 The...
Vayeishev: An End to Bitterness
Excerpted from Rabbi Ginsburgh's new book, "The Inner Dimension," to be published soon. How to exchange bitter for sweet and how selflessness hastens the...
Joseph’s Chanukah Candle: Parashat Vayeishev and Chanukah
The Shlah (Shnei luchot habrit, authored by Rabbi Yeshayahu ben Avraham Horowitz, 1555-1630) on the Torah portion of Vayeishev says that there is a connection...
Tamar, an End to Bitterness
The episode of Judah and Tamar that appears in this week’s parashah, Parashat Vayeishev, is one of the most mysterious stories of the Torah. A...
Vayeishev: Daily Insight #4
In spite of all that we have explained so far regarding the difference between Jacob’s ability to sustain the experience of higher fear and Isaac’s...
Vayeishev: Daily Insight #3
Moshe’s process of sweetening The point we ended with yesterday prompts us to ask: when did Moshe Rabbeinu go through all three stages? The answer...
Vayeishev: Daily Insight #2
Yesterday, we saw that Rebbe Hillel of Paritch explains that Jacob, having inter-included love and fear of God, was able to dwell, i.e., sustain the...
Vayeishev: Daily Insight #1
The opening verse of parshat Vayeishev is: “Jacob dwelt in the land of the dwellings of his father, in the Land of Canaan. These are the offspring of...
