Parsha 7 of 54 · Sefer Bereishis
One piece for each year. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 3 pages
A forefather’s vison; an eternal message. This week’s parsha is Vayeitzeh. As with all Parshas in the Torah, one cannot have pure clarity on the posukim without mipharshim, especially Rashi. וַיֵּצֵ֥א יַﬠֲקֹ֖ ב מִ בְּ אֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיֵּ֖לֶb חָרָֽ נָה׃ וַיִּפְ גַּ֨ע…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 2 pages
This week’s haftora is read from Hoshea, and there is a difference in the reading based on Ashkenaz and Sephardic communities. Hoshea is the first of the “trei assar” which are the 12 prophets who lived from the middle of the first Beis Hamikdash into the…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha-Vayeitzei begins with the famous story of Yakov’s travels, where he rested by placing rocks around his head (for protection) and he dreamed angels were ascending and descending. Our general understanding (as we saw in Parshas Vayeira,…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha is Vayeitzei. In it, we are told of Yaakov’s journey from his father’s house to his uncle Lavan, where he spent the next 20 years working for Lavan, marrying, having some of his kids, etc. The Torah is very precise in what is written in the…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha is Vayeitzei, which is filled with many historical narratives, such as Yaakov's journeys and his family's growth. Over the past weeks, I recounted that the Torah is not a historical book; instead, it is “Hora’ah,” the lessons, a guidebook…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 3 pages
This week’s Parsha is Vayeitzei, where Yakov ends up at his uncle Lavan’s house, begins shepherding, marries Lavan’s daughters, and starts his family. The Parsha is profoundly significant in showing us divine providence, the meaning of trust in Hashem, and…
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