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Parshat Vayigash 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz

We read in this week’s parsha that Yosef reveals himself to his brothers and they return to Yaakov to tell him that Yosef is alive and a king in Egypt. Upon hearing this wonderful news and seeing the wagons sent by Yosef, Yaakov responds (Chapter 45, Pasuk 28),אלכה ואראנו בטרם א Read more...

Parshat Vayechi 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz

We read in this week’s parsha the brachot Yaakov gave to his children. When he blesses Yosef, he states (Chapter 49, Pasuk 26), ברכות אביך גברו על ברכות הורי עד תאות גבעות עולם. Yaakov tells Yosef that the brachot he received from Hashem was greater than Read more...

Parshat Noach 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz

We read in the first pasuk of this week’s parsha, אלה תולדות נח, נח איש צדיק תמים היה בדורותיו. Rashi asks, if the Torah is teaching us the generations of Noach, why does it first mention he was a Tzadik. Only in the following pasuk does the Torah mention his Read more...

Parshat Lech Lecha 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz

This week’s parsha begins with the words, לך לך מארצך וממולדתך ומבית אביך אל הארץ אשר אראך. Hashem tells Avraham to leave his homeland and go to Eretz Yisrael. The term לך לך, which translates as go for yourself, seems difficult. What did Hashem mean Read more...