By Rabbi Aharon Seleh In this week’s Parsha, the Ohr Hachaim asks the following question. Yaakov Avinu received the name Yisrael, but never lost his original name of Yaakov. But if we look carefully at the verses, they are not consistent. At times, he is called Yaakov, other times Yisrael. […]
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Shalom, in our parasha, after Yosef הצדיק reveals his identity to his brothers, he says words of comfort to them. ״ועתה לא אתם שלחתם אותי הנה כי האלוקים״ “And now, it wasn’t you who sent me here but HaShem…”( 45,8) There are many comments on the underrgstanding of this pasuk. […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: We all know about the miracle of Chanukah, how after the Jews drove the Greek army out of Yerushalayim, they went to the Beit Hamikdash to light the menorah and they only found one small jar of untouched sealed pure oil. There was only enough for […]
By Rabbi Nuriel Zargari: The parsha starts out ,”וישב יעקב בארץ מגורי אביו” ”Yaakov settled in the land of his father.” Rashi quotes chazal that Yaakov Avinu really wanted to sit in tranquility, but Hashem did not let that happen. Instead Hashem said is it not enough what the Tzadikim […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: In this week’s parasha we see the famous incredible story of Yaakov fighting with an angel of Esav. We explain this as fighting, but for sure it can’t be a physical fight because angels don’t have a physical body, even if they appear like human beings. […]