By: Rabbi David Cohen This week’s parsha of Va’y’chee contains the blessing that is given each Shabbat to one’s sons: “Y’simcha Elokim k’Ephraim v’k’Menashe {May Hashem make you be like Ephraim and Menashe}. [48:20]” Menashe and Ephraim were the two sons of Yosef that were born in Mitzrayim. They were […]
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Parasha Thoughts By: Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom. In the final episode of Yosef and his brothers, after he lets them know his true identity, he asks them to go back to Cana’an and bring their father to Egypt. He sent special gifts to him and certain signs to prove the […]
Parasha Thoughts By: R. Shmuel Akhamzadeh The saga of Chanuka unfolded around the year 200 BCE ( 150 years before the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem), during an era Jewish liturgy calls גלות יון Greek exile, interestingly enough the Chanuka story transpired in the land of Israel when […]
By: Rabbi Yitzchak Ariel In this week’s Parsha, the Torah tells us about Yosef Hatzadik’s journey; from being first thrown in a pit and later sold by his brothers to ending up in jail in Egypt. In jail, Yosef’s cell mates were the king’s head butler and head baker. The […]
Parasha Thoughts By: Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, it doesn’t take much to notice we live in volatile times. Everyone realizes these are dangerous times, both physically and spiritually. All of our nation is fearful of what they hear in the news and also what they see is happening to us […]