Weekly Sidra: Vayigash (and he drew near) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 44:18-47:27 Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 37:15-28 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come forward to me.” And when they came forward, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, he whom you sold into Egypt. Now do not be distressed or reproach yourselves because you sold me hither; it was to save life that God sent me ahead of you. (Bereshit (45: 4, 5) In this week’s reading Yosef finally reveals his true identity to his brothers. His brothers are dumbfounded and cannot speak. They are in utter shock and disbelief! Can this really be Yosef our brother whom we took for dead? Yosef is a representation of the Mashiach and just as Yosef was hidden from his brothers so Mashiach is hidden from our understanding. Rav Shaul states in I Cor 13:12 “Now we see but [...]
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Tora: Bereshit / Gen. 44,18-47,27 Haftarà: Yejezkel / Ez. 37,15-28 I nostri Maestri riflettono molto sulla parola ‘vaigash’, con la quale si apre la Parashà e dalla quale prende appunto il nome. Potremmo tradurre come “e si appressò” o “e si avvicinò” o ancora “e si appropinqu&og ...
Wisdom, knowledge and understanding comes from Torah (Law). The weekly Torah portion will give us understanding and truth regarding Mashiach, for the Torah testifies of him. Therefore, it is a commandment of the Torah and a commandment of the Master to diligently search the Torah. As we do, we encounter Messiah because the Torah testifies of Him. I ...
Weekly Sidra: Vayigash (and he drew near) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 44:18-47:27 Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 37:15-28 15 The word of the LORD came to me: 16 And you, O mortal, take a stick and write on it, "Of Judah and the Israelites associated with him"; and take another stick and write on it, "Of Joseph &md ...
Cuando leemos un poco lo que nuestros sabios explicaron, vemos que, generalmente, culpan a Yaakov, a Yosef y al resto de los hijos de Yaakov, por haber sido ellos quienes provocaron la esclavitud en Egipto. El tratado de Shabat (10a) del Talmud dice que Yaakov amó más a Yosef que al resto de sus hijos, provocando así la envidia ...
Weekly Sidra: Vayigash (and he drew near) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 44:18-47:27 Haftorah: Yechezkel / Ezekiel 37:15-28 Vayigash or Vaigash (ויגש — Hebrew for “and he drew near” or “then he drew near,” the first word of the parshah) is the eleventh weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the an ...
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