טאנה נאזאן 2 تنه نزن ۲ .Taneh Nazan 2

 SHABAT SHALOM

JOSEPH 

Marc-Chagall 

* TORAH *

* and * HAFTARAH 

PARASHAT

 * VAYIGASH * 

For * CHILDREN * too

JEWISH WORLD NEWS

Saturday December 22, 2012

 SHABAT 9th of TEVET, 5773

Parshat Vayigash

For Children

Weekly 

* TORAH *

Joseph Recognized by His Brothers

/1863 painting by Léon Pierre Urbain Bourgeois

 Parashat

 * VAYIGASH *

   

Joseph identified by his brothers (1789 painting by Charles Thévenin)

By Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky

In this week's Torah portion, Joseph is finally reunited with his father. So how does Jacob react to Joseph, the vizier of Egypt, and his apparent intermarriage? MORE>

 Summery of the

 PORTION 

* VAYIGASH *

Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, prompting the entire family to move to Egypt, where Joseph reunites with his father, Jacob.

By Nancy Reuben

Because a silver goblet has been found in Benjamin’s bag, Joseph demands that Benjamin remain a slave in Egypt while the brothers return to their father. Parashat Vayigash begins with Judah’s plea to Joseph.

 "Oh my lord, have you a father or another brother? My father had two children by his adored wife Rachel. But his firstborn son was torn to pieces, and he warned us that if an accident befalls Benjamin, "you will bring me to my grave in misery."

Joseph Forgives His Brothers (illustration

 from a Bible card published 1907

by the Providence Lithograph Company)

RAV KOOK

 PARASHAT SHABAT

 * VAYIGASH *

The Service of Pillars

 and Altars

"I Have an Ox and a Donkey"

Pillars and Sanctuaries 

Reliance on Miracles 

Jacob and Israel

The Clash Between 

Jacob and Esau

The Prohibition of

 Gid Ha-Nasheh 

Jacob Arrived Whole

Ancient Agronomists 

Reuben's Sin 

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Haftarah

 for Vayigash

Ezekiel 37:15-28

Ezekiel promises: The divided

 kingdoms of Judah and Israel

 will one day be united

.In keeping with the theme of reunion, the haftarah for Vayigash looks to a time in the future when the kingdoms of Judah and Israel will no longer be separated: "I will make them a single nation in the land…Never again shall they be divided into two nations" (37:22).

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