parshat vayeshev Archives – Jewish Journal

Breaking Out – Thoughts on Torah Portion Va-Yeishev

Rabbi Mordecai Finley December 20, 2019

Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parshat Vayeshev with Rabbi Michael Pincus

Shmuel Rosner December 19, 2019

Blind Spot: Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23)

Jewish Journal November 20, 2013

“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts; the entire earth is filled with his glory” (Isaiah 6:30). If Isaiah is correct, with every step we take, with every breath we draw, we cannot help but encounter God’s glory. And yet who among us is constantly aware of this fact, this daily miracle?

Power of words: Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23)

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater December 5, 2012

In our age of Facebook and Twitter, we know all too well how fast words can spread. When I was a kid, we played the game telephone, passing a word or phrase around the circle by whispering it into each other’s ear, knowing that by the time it went all the way around, it would probably be transformed into something completely different — that was funny!