[#968] Vayechi: What we wish our children should be
וַיְבָרֲכֵם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמוֹר בְּךָ יְבָרֵךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר יְשִׂמְךָ אֱלֹקים כְּאֶפְרַיִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת אֶפְרַיִם לִפְנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה - On that day [Yaakov] blessed them. He said, '[In time to come] Israel will use you as a bles...
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12/29/2017
[#967] Vayechi: Nu when?
וַיְבָרֲכֵם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמוֹר - “On that day [Yaakov] blessed them.” (Bereishis 48:20) In our lives, we sometimes get stuck in the future and we forget to appreciate the present. Said the Chassidic masters: וַיְבָרֲכֵם - Do you know what ...
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12/28/2017
[#964] Vayechi: When Lubavitcher Rebbe saw he's going to win the game
On Nittel, Jews would play chess. In 1937, the Lubavitcher Rebbe was sitting with his father-in-law, the Frierdiker Rebbe, and as the game was progressing, the Rebbe realized that he’s going to win the game. He didn’t want to win the game, so he made...
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12/25/2017
[#963] Vayechi: What a pity to live stingy to die wealthy
Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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12/24/2017
Vayechi: "What came first the chicken or the egg"
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01/13/2017
Vayechi: When you can't reach people rationally... You can still hug and kiss them!
וְעֵינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּבְדוּ מִזֹּקֶן לֹא יוּכַל לִרְאוֹת וַיַּגֵּשׁ אֹתָם אֵלָיו וַיִּשַּׁק לָהֶם וַיְחַבֵּק לָהֶם - Yisrael's eyes were heavy with age, and he could not see. When [Yosef] brought [his sons] near him, [Yisrael] kissed them and hugged...
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01/12/2017
Vayechi: "Menashe and Ephraim" two opposite paths of experiencing Hashem
When you practice extreme separation from this world, you’ve gone the path of the ascetic; the one who tries to find G-d and forgets that the world even exists. Says the holy Rosh HaBesomim: That’s the path of Menashe, כִּי נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹקים אֶת ...
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01/09/2017
Vayechi: The Best Way To Keep Your Children Close
וַיִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב אֶל בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הֵאָסְפוּ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא אֶתְכֶם בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים - Yaakov called for his sons. [When they came,] he said, 'Come together, and I will tell you what will happen in the course of time....
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01/08/2017
Vayechi: Are You an Observer or a Player?
The Brooklyn Dodgers were down 7 points and losing the game. The boy told the Lubavitcher Rebbe that he couldn't bear watching them lose and he left the stadium. Listen to the powerful life lesson the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught him about playing in ...
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12/24/2015
Vayechi: Hidden meaning of Lice and Tunnels
Here is the answer on the questions from Vayechi #1. What do: כינים lice גלגול מחילות rolling through tunnels עבודה זרה idolatry Mean to you? Jacob represents the kabalistic attribute of Tiferes (Tiferet - Balance and Harmony). Perhaps Jaco...
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12/23/2015
Vayechi: Who cares about Lice and Tunnels?
Questions on this week’s Parsha. 1) Yaakov Avinu explicitly says ושכבתי עם אבותי: I shall lie with my forefathers. Why does Rash"i add 3 new reasons why he didn't want to be buried in Egypt? 2) Why was Jacob afraid of lice crawling over him?...
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12/21/2015
VAYECHI: You Can’t Live Waiting For The Future, Find Beauty In Today.
Yaakov Avinu is on his deathbed and right before he dies, he wants to reveal to his children the secrets of the end of days, but it disappears from him. Why!? Why couldn’t he reveal it? But that’s exactly the point my friends, some people are alwa...
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12/20/2015
VAYECHY: WHEN THINGS ARE OUT OF CONTROL
וַיִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב אֶל בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הֵאָסְפוּ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא אֶתְכֶם בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים - Yaakov called for his sons. [When they came,] he said, 'Come together, and I will tell you what will happen in the course of time....
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01/11/2015
VAYECHI: HOW TORAH NEVER DIES
Said Rabbi Yochanan: יעקב אבינו לא מת - “Yaakov Avinu never died.” (Taanis 5b) Why is it that Yaakov is the one who never dies? There are so many other Tzaddikim? Yaakov Avinu is Torah, the Torah is called Yaakov because Yaakov is called Tifere...
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01/01/2015
Parshas Vaychi ~ LEARN TO ACCEPT THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE
וַיַּרְא מְנֻחָה כִּי טוֹב וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ כִּי נָעֵמָה וַיֵּט שִׁכְמוֹ לִסְבֹּל וַיְהִי לְמַס עֹבֵד - But he sees that the resting place is good and that the land is pleasant, so he will bend his back to the load, working like a slave. (Bereishis 49:1...
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12/13/2013
Parshas Vaychi
Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Liste...
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12/12/2013
Parshas Vaychi
וַיִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב אֶל בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הֵאָסְפוּ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא אֶתְכֶם בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים - Yaakov called for his sons. [When they came,] he said, 'Come together, and I will tell you what will happen in the course of time....
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12/10/2013
Parshas Vaychi
Negative Habits - רגילות - pull us down. Said the Holy Beis Aharon, חִשַּׁבְתִּי דְרָכָי - When I am 'machshiv' my ways - when I look at myself positively... וָאָשִׁיבָה רַגְלַי אֶל עֵדֹתֶיךָ - my old habits will automatically transform into positive...
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12/09/2013
Parshas Vaychi: Yes, You Can!
וְעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַל נָא תִקְבְּרֵנִי בְּמִצְרָיִם - “Act toward me with truth and kindness, and do not bury me in Egypt.” (Bereishis 47:29) Whenever somebody says "I can't", he is in the Meitzar, he is in Mitzrayim. The נשמה t...
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12/08/2013