My Jewish Learning: Vayetze

Vayetze

Genesis 28:10-32:3

In this Torah portion, Jacob has a dream with angels going up and down a ladder from earth to heaven. God appears before Jacob, renewing the covenant that God had made with Abraham. Jacob sees Rachel, Laban's daughter, tending to sheep and wishes to marry her. Laban tricks Jacob into marrying his eldest daughter, Leah, after seven years of labor. In exchange for another seven years of work, Jacob is allowed to marry Rachel. Jacob has many sons with Leah, but Rachel is unable to conceive. Finally, God blesses Rachel, and she has a son, whom she names Joseph.

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Rachel's sheep

Text Studies	Social Action and Environmentalism
"I Have A Dream . . ." Rabbi Ed Rosenthal, Hillel	Jacob the Migrant Worker Sam Berrin Shonkoff, AJWS
Jacob’s Covenant With God Rabbi Jordan D. Cohen, KOLEL	Awaken to Activism Rabbi Elliot Kukla, AJWS
Sisterhood Rabbi Paula Goldberg, Union for Reform Judaism	Laban’s Excuse: Labor Ethics & Standards Jeremy Burton, socialaction.com
	Jacob Out In the World Avi Neuman, Canfei Nesharim
From the Denominations	Pluralism and Outreach
Children And Deferred Dreams Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish Unversity	Open-Ended Journeys Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Jewish Outreach Initiative
Complicated Relationships Rabbi Melissa Crespy, Jewish Theological Seminary	God Was In This Place And I Did Not Know David Elcott, CLAL
Blaming Society Rabbi Avraham Fischer, Orthodox Union	On Dreams And Reality Pinchas Leiser, UJA-Federation of New York
Multimedia
Parashat Vayetze Quiz Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
Parashat Vayetze Challah Julie Seltzer