Parshat Vayigash 5780

Parshat Vayigash 5780 By way of background, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had two consecutive baffling dreams, which even his wise men could not satisfactorily interpret. Pharaoh’s butler then recalled having two years earlier been in prison with Yosef, who…

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Chanukah 5780

Chanukah תש"פ We celebrate the eight-day Chanukah holiday by lighting an eight-branch Menorah, each branch representing one night of the holiday. By daily adding another candle each night, we acknowledge the miracle of the Temple Menorah’s lights that burned continuously…

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Parshat Vayeshev 5780

Parshat Vayeshev 5780 This week’s Torah portion relates the events leading up to Yosef becoming the Viceroy of Egypt. HaShem told Avraham Avinu in the "ברית בין הבתרים", The Covenant Between The Parts, that his children would be slaves in…

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