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Parshas Vayeitzei
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Drasha by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
- Smokescreen (5785)
- Designated Eater (5784)
- Point of Order (5783)
- Brothers in Scorn (5782)
- Well Check-Up (5781)
- Sheepish Leadership (5780)
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Label Lam
- That Ladder of Potential (5785)
- The Reality of Realities (5784)
- That Fallen Tree (5783)
- Everything at Risk (5782)
- Just Like His Name (5781)
- His G-dly Image (5780)
- The Fools of the World (5779)
- Your BFF (5778)
- The Rest of His Life (5777)
- Modeh Ani… I Am Thankful! (5775)
- Whats Holy?! (5774)
- Seekers of HASHEM (5773)
- Every Nana Second (5772)
- Now More Than Ever! (5771)
- I Did Not Know (5770)
- See What Will Be (5769)
- Whew! What a Message! (5768)
- A Diamond of Holiness (5767)
- Left to Chance – Yields Chaos (5766)
- The Challenges Ahead (5765)
- As Long as the Candle is Burning (5764)
- There to Share (5763)
- Welcome To The Middle East (5762)
- In All Honesty (5761)
- What’s a Meta-phor? (5760)
- A Pillar to Mankind (5759)
- Caught Not Taught (5758)
- Why Rachel Was Remembered (5757)
Edutainment Weekly by Jon Erlbaum
Haftorah Commentary by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
Haftorah Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
Kol HaKollel by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
- A Perfect Marriage (5783)
- It’s Good For You (5780)
- Out of Love (5766)
- Power To Choose (5765)
- Going the Extra Mile (5762)
Legacy by Rabbi Naftali Reich
- Bread Is for Eating (5785)
- Shared Responsibility (5784)
- Asleep on Hallowed Ground (5783)
- Body and Soul (5782)
- Fourteen Sleepless Years (5781)
Lifeline by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
- Joining Together (5784)
- Not Enough Time (5783)
- Penniless Donors (5780)
- Reaching Upward (5764)
- Influences (5763)
- A Legacy of Deceit (5762)
- Stairway to Heaven (5760)
- It Can Only Hurt Not to Ask (5758)
- Never Give Up! (5757)
- How to Affect Your Enviroment (5755)
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Rabbi Wein by Rabbi Berel Wein
- Out in the Public (5783)
- The Great Dreamer (5782)
- Power of the Person (5781)
- Feeling the Loss (5780)
- The Returning Strength of Jacob (5779)
- My Brother, My Enemy (5778)
- Nurture the Yaakov Avinu Within Ourselves (5774)
- Torah Values (5773)
- Today Depends on Tomorrow (5771)
- To Achieve Your Goals and not Cause Jealousy (5770)
- Torah Education (5768)
- Heavenly Protection (5767)
- Suffering From Success (5766)
- Perseverence (5762)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Short Vorts by Rabbi Chaim Flom
Table Talk by Rabbi Raymond Beyda
The Living Law by Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
Intermediate Level
Beyond Pshat by Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
- Our Story (5785)
- Worth the Wait (5783)
- Yaakov’s Strength (5782)
- Down to Earth (5781)
- Believe in Yourself (5780)
- Glory, Shine, and Beauty (5779)
- 3M (Ma’ariv and Melaveh Malkah) (5778)
- Free Will and Bashert (5775)
- A Special Land (5774)
- The ‘Luz’ Bone (5773)
- True Riches (5772)
- Tower of Strength (5769)
- Destined for Each Other? (5768)
- In Every Generation (5766)
- Anti-Semitism: The Original Source (5764)
- Can You Pass The Test? (5763)
- G-d Willing! (5762)
- Building a Jewish Home (5761)
- Behold! It Was Leah! (5760)
- Accompanying Angles (5759)
- Leah’s Eyes (5758)
Olas Shabbos by Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann
- Twin Peaks (5768)
- Getting What You Pay For (5767)
- Torah Study – – Doing It Our Way (5766)
- The Kedusha of Galus – Thinking in Parallel (5765)
- To Beat ‘Em – You Can’t Join ‘Em (5764)
- A Matter of Honour (5763)
- Giving it All We Have (5762)
- The Inns and Outs of Galus (5761)
- Every Last Drop (5760)
- Physical or Spiritual – Who’s In Control? (5759)
Parsha Insights by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
- Hey, Looks Like Supper! (5785)
- It’s Who You’re Dealing With (5784)
- A Time to Be Silent (5783)
- If Hashem Said to Go, You Go! (5782)
- Turn, Turn, Turn… (5781)
- Sleep Soundly (5779)
Perceptions by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
- Why Be Jewish? (5785)
- Being The Vav (5784)
- Ya’akov’s Journey (5783)
- On The Way Out (5782)
- The Transformation (5781)
- Anti-Semitism, Again (5780)
- Phenomenon & Miracle (5779)
- History Ajar (5778)
- Eretz Yisroel and the Diaspora, Part 1 (5777)
- Parshas Vayeitzei (5775)
- Yesurim (Suffering) is Good For Our Souls (5774)
- Spreading the Word (5773)
- World Rectification (5771)
- See Yaakov Run (5770)
- Yaakov’s Journey (5769)
- Simple But Unbreakable Faith (5767)
- Leaving Ya’akov for Yisroel (5766)
- Leaving Ya’akov For Yisroel (5765)
- Angel or Demon? (5764)
- The Journey Continues (5763)
- A Lesson In Exile & Redemption (5762)
- Out of Luck – Into G-d (5761)
- Leaving… a Good Impression (5760)
- Out, Up, and On His Way (5759)
- Well-Fare of a Tzaddik (5758)
- Those Small Jars (5758)
Rabbi's Notebook by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- Keeping Secrets (5766)
- Seeking Yitzchak (5765)
- The Mysterious Ways of Women (5764)
- The Purpose of Creation Part VII (5763)
- Tithing All His Possessions (5762)
- The Truth of Deceit (5761)
- Rachel’s Sacrifice (5760)
- Just Doing My Job! (5759)
- The Birth of a Nation (5758)
Rav Frand by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
- Thanking Hashem Must Also Include a Plea for the Future (5785)
- Giving Thanks to Hashem for His Past Kindness Is Not Sufficient (5784)
- In the Merit of Yaakov’s Walking Stick (5783)
- Reuven at Three Didn’t Know Choshen Mishpat, but He Knew Right from Wrong (5782)
- Inspiration Without Action (5781)
- What Took So Long for Yaakov to Remember to Daven on Har HaMoriah? (5780)
- Yaakov Ish Tam is Lavan’s Equal In Trickery (5779)
- A Respected Master of Deception (5778)
- Paying the Tribe of Torah Learners / “I Have Received More Than I Deserve” (5777)
- The Merit of 20 Years of Honest Work Surpassed the Merit of the Forefathers (5774)
- The Twelve Stones Become One: Inverted Symbolism? (5772)
- “Now I Have Someone To Blame” – That’s Just The Beginning (5771)
- Rabbi Frand on Parshas Vayeitzei (5770)
- The Blessing Emerges From Lowliness (5769)
- The Tzadik Does Not “Flee” He “Leaves” (With Dignity and Confidence) (5768)
- Making A Deal With The Almighty In The Tradition of Yaakov Avinu (5767)
- The Simile of the Dust of the Earth (5766)
- Hashem Must Play The Role of Our First Love, Not Our Second Fiddle (5765)
- Eisav Had It Easy. Yaakov Travels a Different Path (5764)
- “More Than I Deserve” (5763)
- You’ve Got To Have Heart (5762)
- It’s a Match! (5761)
- Two Paradigms of Thankful Individuals (5759)
- Stagnation is Descent (5758)
- Departure of the ‘Tent Dweller’ (5757)
- The House of Yaakov (5756)
The Shmuz on the Parsha by Rabbi B. Shafier
Advanced Level
Abarbanel by Rabbi Dr. Meir Tamari
Be'er Moshe by
Be’eros by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Gal Einai by Gedalia Litke
Growing with the Parsha by Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz
Gur Aryeh by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
HaMedrash V’HaMaaseh by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Insights from Krakow
Jerusalem Views by Rabbi Heshy Grossman
Ksav Sofer by
Machshava by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Mei Marom by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Meor Einayim by
Meshivas Nafesh
Nesivos Shalom by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Netziv by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Reb Yeruchem
Sfas Emes by Nosson Chayim Leff
Shabbos: Taam Chaim
Shem MeShmuel by Rabbi Dr. Meir Tamari
The Timeless Rav Hirsch by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
- Parshas Vayeitzei – Romantics Need Not Apply (5771)
- Parshas Vayeitzei – What Did Yaakov Ask For? (5770)