Dec 28, 2023
Vayechi | "My Father's Blessings Increased": Birkat Yosef and Birkat Yehuda, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What did Yaakov mean when he said "The blessings of your father surged higher than the blessings of my parents..." (49:15 - if that's what הורי means...)
The penultimate scene in Sefer Bereishit, undoubtedly one of...
Dec 21, 2023
Vayigash | "Seventy Souls" - Reconsidering the Count, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Q. Who is #70 in the count? Q: Where are all the girls? Q: How did the LXX get to LXXV?
Parashat Vayigash includes the detailed list of Bnei Yisrael who descended to Egypt, detailed by son, clan and then a total. This list raises three...
Dec 14, 2023
Miketz | Haftara: Mishpat Shlomo - Solomon's Famous Judgment, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
How did Shlomo figure out which was the "real" mother?
The rarest Haftara chanted is read when Parashat Miketz is not on Chanuka - as is the case this year for the first time in two decades. The Haftara read in this unusual year is...