I went to a women's program in Ramat Beit Shemesh and was introduced to another woman, who poured out her heart to me about how she was struggling with her almost 30 year old son who still lived at home and made day to day life for her and her husband very difficult. I had a [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayigash 5776 Reminders: Mincha Friday night at 12:30 and 16:24. Pele Yoetz shiur on Shabbos afternoon at 15:45! MELAVEH MALKAH 2016. Honoring Mr. & Mrs. Aryeh Beer. Motza’ei Shabbos Parshas Terumah (13-Feb-16) in the Beis Tefillah Ulam Shabsai. Please continue to send in your CHESED stories – times when you unexpectedly did [...]
וַיִּפֹּל עַל צַוָּארָיו, וַיֵּבְךְּ עַל צַוָּארָיו עוֹד.(בראשית מו:כט) Rashi comments that Yoseph cried when he kissed his father, but Yaakov was occupied with saying keriyas shema. The Mefarshim ask: If it was the time to say keriyas shema, why was only Yaakov saying it, and not Yosef; and if it was not the time to [...]
וַיִּפֹּל עַל צַוָּארָיו, וַיֵּבְךְּ עַל צַוָּארָיו עוֹד. (בראשית מו:כט) רש"י בפירושו על הפסוק, מבאר שהסיבה שהבכי כתוב בלשון יחיד היא שרק יוסף בכה. מעבר לכך, רש"י מצטט את דברי חז"ל הידועים שהסיבה שיעקב אבינו לא בכה היא בגלל שהיה באותו זמן קורא קריאת שמע. המפרשים מעלים תמיהה מוצדקת על רעיון זה – אם הגיע זמן [...]
I heard of an elderly woman who needed to run some errands in the shopping center, but was unable to get there easily. I usually don't go there, but when I needed to go for an errand, I remembered her situation, called her up and offered to take her. She was surprised by my impromptu call, [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Mikeitz 5776 Reminders: Mincha Friday night at 12:30, 13:30 and 16:21.. Oneg Shabbos at the Labinsky Home (22/2 Lachish) with the Rav starting at 20:15. Pele Yoetz shiur on Shabbos afternoon at 15:40! Please continue to send in your CHESED stories – times when you unexpectedly did a random act of chesed [...]
וַיֹּאמֶר רְאוּבֵן, אֶל אָבִיו לֵאמֹר, אֶת שְׁנֵי בָנַי תָּמִית, אִם לֹא אֲבִיאֶנּוּ אֵלֶיךָ; תְּנָה אֹתוֹ עַל יָדִי, וַאֲנִי אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ אֵלֶיךָ. (בראשית מב:לז) Reuven says that he guarantees the safe return of Binyomin, and if not, his two sons will pay the price with their lives. Chazal tell us that Yaakov did not accept this guarantee, [...]
וַיֹּאמֶר רְאוּבֵן, אֶל-אָבִיו לֵאמֹר, אֶת-שְׁנֵי בָנַי תָּמִית, אִם-לֹא אֲבִיאֶנּוּ אֵלֶיךָ; תְּנָה אֹתוֹ עַל-יָדִי, וַאֲנִי אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ אֵלֶיךָ. (בראשית מב:לז) ראובן, בפניה לאביו, מתחייב להחזיר את בנימין הביתה בריא ושלם. אם לא, בניו ישלמו על זה בחייהם. חז"ל מלמדים אותנו שיעקב אבינו לא התרשם מערבון זה ואפילו קרא לראובן "בכור שוטה", כי הרי בניו הם גם נכדי יעקב אבינו [...]
I read that there was a mourner on our street, but I was very nervous about going there because I feared there would not be a minyon (there wasn’t one the day before). So at Mincha time I began walking towards Ahavas Shalom. Then I saw a fellow congregant heading the other way and I [...]
Yosef is known as a dream specialist, having and interpreting dreams precisely. Yaakov and the brothers waited for Yosef’s dreams to be realized. At the end of the Parsha the chief steward and the chief baker have dreams, which Yosef attempts to interpret, yet he prefaces his words by saying “Do not interpretations belong to [...]
