Weekly Torah Commentaries

Vayehi

Genesis 47:28-50:26

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Text Studies

All In The Family by Rabbi Elyse Winnick

Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.

 

Feeling The Presence Of God by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.

 

Fears, Lies, But No Videotape by Rabbi Ira Korinow

Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

Commentaries

Eating Holy Food in a Holy Way by Rabbi Julian Sinclair

Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.

 

Two Sufferings That Are One by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

Jacob’s Diverse Family by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.

 

From Fratricide To Fraternal Solidarity by Reuven Kimelman

Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.

 

Seeing The Bigger Picture by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.

 

Why Bondage? by Rabbi Ismar Schorsch

Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.

 

Exile--The Absence Of Jewish Context by Rabbi Shimon Felix

Provided by the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, a summer seminar in Israel that aims to create a multi-denominational cadre of young Jewish leaders.

 

What Is Your Blessing? by Rabbi Yaakov Pollak

Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.

 

Carrying On After The Golden Age by Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett

Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.

 

Tied To The Land by Rabbi David Ariel-Joel

Provided by the UJA-Federation of New York, which cares for those in need, strengthens Jewish peoplehood, and fosters Jewish renaissance.

 

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