Posts Tagged: Vayeshev
Parashat Vayeshev: Refusing Comfort and Keeping Hope
The deception has already taken place. Joseph has been sold into slavery. His brothers dipped his coat in blood. They bring it back to their...
What Is the Theme of Genesis?
One of the most fundamental questions about the Torah turns out to be one of the hardest to answer. What, from the call of God...
The Heroism of Tamar
This is a true story that took place in the 1970s. Rabbi Dr Nahum Rabinovitch, then Principal of Jews College, the rabbinic training seminary in...
The Lesson of Reuben: Don’t Underestimate the Power of Praise
Reuben is the leader who might have been but never was. He was Jacob's firstborn. Jacob says of him on his deathbed, "Reuben, you are...
