ESSAY: Underneath The Harshness — Reaching The Deep Well of Your Own Heart (Parashat Vayigash)
This is what Yehudah did — he tied word to word and reached down into Yosef’s depths and found those good cool waters. (Click on image to read more)
Vayigash, וַיִּגַּשׁ
Vayigash, וַיִּגַּשׁ
And He Approached
44:18-47:27
MEDITATION: Reaching the Deep Well of Your Own Heart (Parashat Vayigash)
At a critical moment, Yehudah steps into the breach and cracks Yosef wide open with his words. There is a midrash that compares this scene to a deep well of fresh, cool waters that no one could reach until one person — Yehudah — ties thread to thread to weave a long rope that can
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ESSAY: On Yosef’s Healing Process (Parashat Miketz and Parashat Vayigash)
(Originally published in 2020) In these two parshiyot, we witness Yosef’s healing from trauma. (Click image to read more)
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WOW (Word of the Week): Goshen (Parashat Vayigash)
Goshen is the land of connection, the place where we arrive following all the strife of the book of Breishit, a place where we can glimpse the possibility of real connection and coming together. (Click image to read more)
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POEM: The Great Cry (Parashat Vayigash)
On that day, the earth shook with sorrow/ and the farmer who was seeding, paused mid-row (Click image to read more)
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MEDITATION: Glimpsing Goshen: the Land of Connection (Parashat Vayigash)
In this meditation, we explore the emotional complexity of the first scene of the parsha . . . (Click image for more)
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