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 | | |  | Tevet 3, 5772 · December 29, 2011 | General Overview:
| In this week's Torah treading, Vayigash, Judah responds to Joseph's demand that Benjamin remain enslaved in Egypt, pleading to be taken as a substitute. Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers. At Joseph's request, Jacob and his family come down to Egypt. |
 | By Rochel Holzkenner |  |
|  | | THE PARSHAH | | | Genesis 44:18–47:27
Joseph finally reveals his identity; his brothers are remorseful, his father overjoyed, and all come to live in the fertile ghetto of Goshen, Egypt. Happy ending or tragic beginning?
|  |  | | COLUMNISTS | | | I confess. There were times I wanted to make a bonfire on Shabbat. And play my guitar on a Jewish holiday. And to do away with the divider that separates men and women in the synagogue...
By Mendel Kalmenson |  | | | | A Lesson from Vayigash
Judah was essentially saying, "It makes no difference whether I think that my father was unfair. I have reached deep within myself and know that the most important truth is that I love my father and I cannot allow him such pain..."
By Yisroel Susskind | | | | | A series of drawings by Dutch artist Shoshannah Brombacher, based on the Biblical stories about Joseph, the son of the patriarch Jacob
By Shoshannah Brombacher | | | | FEATURED VIDEO | | | How to Study Torah - Vayigash
Pharaoh designates the district of Goshen for the family of Joseph. There the Jewish people build settlements which ultimately enrage the locals who then use this as a pretext to prosecute the Jewish people. By Mendel Kaplan | | | | | A Taste of Text—Vayigash
We can educate, inspire and assist another, but ultimately, the only one who can effect any real and lasting change is the person himself. By Chana Weisberg | | | | | Letters and Numbers of Torah - Vayigash
In the verse (Genesis 47:23) Joseph tells the Egptians: "Here is seed for you so you can plant the ground," the word for "here" is the same word as the name of the Hebrew letter "hei." What does the letter "hei" teach us about human reproduction? Aaron L. Raskin | | | | FEATURED AUDIO CLASSES | | | The lesson from Joseph: the strength and ability to be a leader and sustain society not just physically but spiritually as well. By Moshe New | | | | | A five minute weekly Torah insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut. By J. Immanuel Schochet | | | | | |
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