Weekly Parsha Thoughts

At the beginning of the parsha the pesukim tell us that Yosef had two dreams. The first dream was with bundles of grain. Yosef’s bundle stood up tall and the other bundles surrounded Yosef’s bundle and bowed down to his bundle. The... Read More

The passuk states: Yaakov said “please save me from the hands of my brother, from the hands of Eisav.”  The Beis HaLevi asks, we know that Yaakov had one brother, Eisav, why then did Yaakov mention “מיד עשו from the hand of... Read More

The passuk says “and she (Leah) became pregnant and gave birth to a son and she said, ‘this time I will thank Hashem.’ Therefore she called his name Yehuda.” Rashi explains “this time I will thank” because now that I have taken... Read More

The passuk states ויעתר יצחק לה’ לנכח אשתו כי עקרה היא ויעתר לו ה’. Rashi explains the lashon עתר is from the lashon of ועתר ענן קטורת and a cloud of ketores increased; both Yitzchak and Rivkah increased, urged, and appeased Hashem,... Read More

The passuk states that Eliezer davened to Hashem to be successful with finding a shidduch for Yitzchak, he said “הקרה נא לפני היום” which literally means “let it happen before me today.” Onkelos translates the word הקרה with the lashon of הזמנה;... Read More

Hashem commands Avraham to bring up Yitzchak for a burnt-sacrifice. After Avraham takes the knife to slaughter Yitzchak the angel says to Avraham, “Do not slaughter the lad.” The following passuk states וישא אברהם את עיניו וירא והנה איל אחר נאחז בסבך... Read More