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Parshas Vayigash
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Drasha by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
- Destiny Today (5784)
- Heartspeak (5782)
- Age Old Questions (5781)
- All in a Day’s Work (5780)
- For Crying Out Loud (5779)
- Uneasy Questions (5778)
- Whole Justice (5762)
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Label Lam
- He Could Be Himself Again (5784)
- Forever Youthful (5783)
- He Could No Longer (5782)
- Win the War (5781)
- Such a Fragile Fiction (5780)
- That Teachable Moment (5779)
- Beyond Our Imagination (5778)
- Is My Father Still Thinking About Me (5777)
- A Portrait of Emunah! (5775)
- That’s Worth Fighting For (5774)
- The Top Knot (5773)
- The Right Size Portion (5772)
- As Amazing as Yosef HaTzadik (5771)
- This Nation to That Notion (5770)
- The Aleph-Beis of Relationships (5769)
- His True Identity (5768)
- Those Who Know (5767)
- Number One Priority (5766)
- The Eventual Good (5765)
- Before the Picture is Complete (5764)
- We Cannot Hide (5763)
- Not Just a Nutshell (5762)
- To Reveal Its Deeper Meaning (5761)
- Is He Still my Father? (5760)
- To Love Me is to Hate Me (5759)
- Family Values (5758)
- My Master Is In Me (5757)
Haftorah Commentary by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
Haftorah Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Kol HaKollel by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
- Balanced Perspective (5782)
- Lifesavers (5779)
- What Are You Waiting For? (5766)
- Staying Connected (5765)
- “Coming into Egypt” (5762)
Legacy by Rabbi Naftali Reich
- Missing Persons (5784)
- An Escort for Life (5783)
- First Things First (5782)
- Tears of Joy (And Joseph Wept) (5781)
- Walls – and Worlds – Apart (5780)
- Piecing Together the Jigsaw Puzzle (5779)
Lifeline by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
- Seize the Moment (5784)
- A Spiritual Opportunity Knocks (5782)
- No Surprises! (5781)
- Tears of Connection (5779)
- Success by Whose Standards? (5764)
- A Place for Torah Study (5763)
- My son, the Prime Minister! (5762)
- ‘The Plan’ (5761)
- The Root of the Problem (5759)
- Just Two Words (5758)
- Jewish Identity Through Jewish Education (5757)
Parsha Halacha for the Shabbos Table by Joshua Kruger
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Rabbi Wein by Rabbi Berel Wein
- Lesson for the Ages (5783)
- Did Jacob Know What Happened to Joseph? (5782)
- Surviving on Dreams (5781)
- An Eye on the Future (5780)
- Blessings of the Old (5779)
- Jewish Unity (5778)
- Human Greatness: Admit Wrong and Change Direction (5775)
- Preconceived notions (5774)
- Jewish Renewal and Resilience (5773)
- Maintaining Strong Family Bonds (5772)
- To Live in Harmony During Peaceful Times (5771)
- Maintaining Family Unity (5770)
- Right and Wrong (5768)
- Confrontation (5767)
- Forgive and Forget (5766)
- Yaakov’s Message To Us (5765)
- Dreaming in Real-Time (5761)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Table Talk by Rabbi Raymond Beyda
Intermediate Level
Beyond Pshat by Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
- The Real Danger (5783)
- Of Wagons, Calves, and Trust (5782)
- Choices That Matter (5781)
- The Ultimate Rebuke (5780)
- Yosef’s Faith, Yaakov’s Reward (5779)
- Shabbat and Shalom (5778)
- Yosef: Man of Shalom (5777)
- Never-Ending Merit (5775)
- The Challenge (5774)
- Shabbat Shalom (5773)
- Guarantors (5772)
- Parshas Vayigash (5770)
- Vayigash (5767)
- Yaakov’s Descent to Egypt (5764)
- Growing in Exile (5763)
- It’s All in the Delivery (5762)
- You Are Like Pharoah (5761)
- Visions of the Temples (5758)
Olas Shabbos by Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann
- Ge’ulah: The Roots of Exile (5768)
- The Wagons That Yosef Sent (5766)
- Connecting with the Avos – One Foot in the Grave (5765)
- Lessons of a Liquidation Sale (5764)
- Miracles: The Majestic and the Mundane (5762)
- Worms and Wagons (5761)
- Ruble Trouble (5760)
- Many Routes, One Destination (5759)
Parsha Insights by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
Perceptions by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
- Di-vision (5784)
- Lasting Impressions (5783)
- Achdus Again (5782)
- Closed Minded (5781)
- Fire! Fire! (5780)
- Wait Just A Moment (5779)
- Seeing and Believing (5778)
- Wondrous in Your Eyes (5777)
- Battling Jelousy (5775)
- Reading the Signs (5773)
- Light Burst (5772)
- Rough Beginning, Easy Ending (5771)
- Brotherly Love (5770)
- Getting Together Again, For Good (5767)
- Redemption At A Moment’s Notice (5766)
- Don’t Look A Gift-Donkey In The Mouth (5765)
- The Ultimate Pawn Shop (5764)
- A Fundamental of “Foundation” (5763)
- The Final Approach (5762)
- At Last, The Final Approach (5761)
- What’s G-d’s plan? (5760)
- A Matter of Approaches (5759)
- Doorway to Jewish Destiny (5758)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Rabbi's Notebook by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- For Shame or Pride (5766)
- Love Conquers All (5764)
- A Gallery of Heroes (5763)
- Goal Oriented (5762)
- Royal Conflict (5760)
- Portentous Cries & Kisses (5759)
- Prophecy: Fulfulled! (5758)
Rav Frand by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
- “No Man” Signifies That It Was All Part of a Divine Plan (5784)
- Why Yosef Could Not Hold Back Any Longer (5783)
- Where Was the Rebuke in the Words “I Am Yosef”? (5782)
- Yehudah’s Sudden Switch (5781)
- The Rest of the Story (5780)
- What is the Crying All About? (5779)
- The Profound Struggle Between Yehudah and Yosef (5778)
- A Guarantee To Minimize Fights / The Gates Of Tears (5777)
- Nice Guys Finish Well (5775)
- Why The Shift In Attitude? (5774)
- Sparing Embarrassment Of His Brothers Was Worth The Risk (5773)
- Parents Love Children More Than Children Love Parents (5772)
- Three Steps Forward Before Praying – Three Examples (5771)
- Rabbi Frand on Parshas Vayigash (5770)
- They Weren’t Just Learning Eglah Arufah By Coincidence (5770)
- The Krias Shma Cover Up: When “Seeing” Is “Not Believing” (5769)
- Don’t Rehash The Story of My Sale To Egypt (5768)
- Alas! The Therapeutic Anguish Could Not Be Completed (5767)
- Why Didn’t Yosef Send A Letter? (5766)
- Yosef Provides Us With A Lesson In Etiquette (5765)
- Kingship = Responsibility (5764)
- Having Been Wrong (5763)
- A Dialog That Got To The Heart of The Matter (5762)
- It’s MY Business (5761)
- Identity of a Jew (5760)
- From the Mouth of a “Turned Off” Student (5759)
- What Did Yosef Mean? (5758)
- Mystery of History (5757)
- Never Discount the Minority (5756)
Advanced Level
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
- Which Mitzvos Did The Avos Observe (5773)
- Parshas Vayigash – Life Imitates History (5771)
- Parshas Vayigash – The Shared Happiness of Ordinary Existence (5770)