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Tag: Joseph
Birkat Yeladim: Blessing Children
Read more on how to preform Birkat Yeladim, the blessing over our children, and where the blessing and practice come from.
Reena Bromberg Gaber
January 31, 2024
Blessings
Erev Shabbat
The Art of Assimilating Wisely
Hanukkah—when we read about the Maccabees resisting assimilation and Joseph embracing it—is a time to look at the art of assimilation wisely.
Rabbi David Baum
December 14, 2023
Hanukkah
Hanukkah Reflections
On Loss
This week's haftarah juxtaposes King David preparing for his own death with both Jacob and Joseph's preparations for their own deaths.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Haftarah
Study Guide: My Wife or Your Mother?
In this week’s parashah, Jacob asks Joseph to swear to bury him not in Egypt but rather lay him to rest with his ancestors.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Study Guide
True Lovingkindness
Parashat Vayechi chronicles the deaths of Jacob and his son, Joseph, both of whom provide explicit instructions regarding their burials.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Dvar Torah
Reversals
Parashat Vayigash continues a long narrative of sibling relationships. The reconciliation focused on here, reflects in this week's haftarah.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 26, 2022
Parashat Vayigash
Parashat Vayigash Haftarah
Study Guide: A Good Long Cry
Joseph, after revealing his identity to his brothers, invites the family to Egypt. They share an emotional reunion and a good long cry.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 26, 2022
Parashat Vayigash
Parashat Vayigash Study Guide
Laden Wagons
In parashat Vayigash the patriarch Jacob learns the truth about his son Joseph, in realizing Joseph's laden wagons.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 26, 2022
Parashat Vayigash
Parashat Vayigash Dvar Torah
Study Guide: The Perfect Gift
The brothers need more food but were told not to return without their youngest brother, whom their father refuses to part with.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Miketz
Parashat Miketz Study Guide
Glimmers of an Incandescent Light
In parashat Miketz, Jacob sends his sons to Egypt, but unbeknownst to his sons, the ruler dispersing rations is their younger brother, Joseph.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Miketz
Parashat Miketz Dvar Torah
Reading Critically
Many of our sacred texts are deeply unsettling. Our ancestors are deeply flawed people and their stories do not present easy takeaways.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Vayeshev
Parashat Vayeshev Haftarah
Study Guide: It’s All in The Telling
Study guide for Parashat Vayeshev, following the story surrounding Joseph and his interaction with his master's wife.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Vayeshev
Parashat Vayeshev Study Guide