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Vayigash 5768 - December 14, 2007
Judaism
Israel
For a Jew, the Land of Israel is more than a place. It is a body for the soul of a people. Discover—and uncover—where Israel is in the heart of a Jew, and where the Jewishness is within the heart of Israel.
For a Jew, the Land of Israel is more than a place. It is a body for the soul of a people. Discover—and uncover—where Israel is in the heart of a Jew, and where the Jewishness is within the heart of Israel.
Living
Dealing with the Psychological Scars of Childhood
Repression or sublimation? What is the Torah perspective on how to deal with deep-seated feelings of anger, sadness and anxiety?
Repression or sublimation? What is the Torah perspective on how to deal with deep-seated feelings of anger, sadness and anxiety?
First Snow
I looked at it, and I wanted to crawl back under my warm covers. My children saw it, and to them it was something to experience, to feel, touch, handle and manipulate
I looked at it, and I wanted to crawl back under my warm covers. My children saw it, and to them it was something to experience, to feel, touch, handle and manipulate
The Fifth Night
"It's Chanukah," cried Nachman, "the festival of miracles! We'll do the mitzvah the way it should be done. Not in some rusty can fished out from the garbage..."
"It's Chanukah," cried Nachman, "the festival of miracles! We'll do the mitzvah the way it should be done. Not in some rusty can fished out from the garbage..."
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers, who are overcome with remorse. They return to Canaan and bring their father, Jacob, to be reunited with his son after 22 years. Joseph becomes wealthy, and Pharaoh gives his family the fertile land of Goshen as their own.
Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers, who are overcome with remorse. They return to Canaan and bring their father, Jacob, to be reunited with his son after 22 years. Joseph becomes wealthy, and Pharaoh gives his family the fertile land of Goshen as their own.
Do You Have a Father?
What kind of question did Joseph ask his brothers? Doesn't everybody have a father?
What kind of question did Joseph ask his brothers? Doesn't everybody have a father?
The Challenge of the Rich
Joseph had suffered horribly. No one would have been surprised had these assaults on his person and spirit left Joseph with a twisted personality, determined to take his every revenge on a cruel world . . .
Joseph had suffered horribly. No one would have been surprised had these assaults on his person and spirit left Joseph with a twisted personality, determined to take his every revenge on a cruel world . . .
The Path to Repentance
Your brothers sell you into slavery, and years later they beg you for food. What would you do to them?
Your brothers sell you into slavery, and years later they beg you for food. What would you do to them?
The Jewish Woman
The Bad Jew
My very own roommate, Jen, the Japanese-American, looked at me and said, loud and clear, "Bad Jew… off to the showers with you!"
My very own roommate, Jen, the Japanese-American, looked at me and said, loud and clear, "Bad Jew… off to the showers with you!"
New Torah Symbolizes New Orleans Rebirth
The Jewish community in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La., welcomed a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Center there. The dedication honored a family’s lost parents and a community’s rebirth.
The Jewish community in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La., welcomed a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Center there. The dedication honored a family’s lost parents and a community’s rebirth.
And I have seen that there is an advantage in wisdom over folly, as the advantage in light over darkness
— Ecclesiastes 2:13
Print Magazine
It’s G-d’s world. Everything He gives is good, the sweetest good.
But it is often a good far too great for us to understand. We imagine it is not good, because that’s the only way to make sense of it with our small minds.
Yet the truth is, He gives us all the good we can handle. If we could take more, He would g...
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