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NEW! YUTorah Parsha Roundup for Vayeitzei

To view this email as a web page, click here. Learn more about the YUTorah Society Sponsor a Day of Learning on YUTorah Download the YUTorah in Print for Parshat Vayeitzei 5786 14 pages of insights and inspiration from the parsha for your Shabbat enjoyment! Download Now See all previous editions of YUTorah in Print for Parshat Vayeitzei See all articles on YUTorah for Parshat Vayeitzei See all shiurim on YUTorah for Parshat Vayeitzei TOPICS IN PARSHAT VAYEITZEI Leaving Eretz Yisrael How did Yaakov prepare for his new surroundings? Learn more Yaakov in Yeshivat Shem V'ever What did they learn there? Learn more Yaakov's Tefillah What was unique about the first Maariv in history? Learn more The Stones Around Yaakov's Head Making sense of the Midrashic versions of this story. Learn more Yaakov's Dream The lessons and symbolism of the angels on the ladder. Learn more Yaakov at the Well Why do wells always figure prominently in the stories of relationships? Learn more Switching Rachel and Leah How did Lavan get away with it? Who knew what? Learn more Yehuda and Giving Thanks The defining feature of a Jew is to appreciate what we have. Learn more The Spotted Sheep Was this miraculous or just shrewd sheperdhing by Yaakov? Learn more Halacha from the Parsha Ma'ariv, Melave Malka, Dating, Relying on Miracles and more. Learn more More Topics in Parshat Vayeitzei Going Back to Daven at the Place • Vayifga Bamakom •  After the Dream •  Yaacov Meeting Rachel • Rachel Imeinu • Yaakov and Leah • Leah Imeinu • Lavan and Yaakov • Yaakov's Dedication to Lavan • The Terafim • Lavan's Confrontation with Yaakov • Coming Back to Israel • Shiurim on the Haftorah QUICK INSPIRATION FROM THE PARSHA (10 MINUTES OR LESS) Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Abramovitz: Using a Grandfather's Name for an Aliya Rabbi Elchanan Adler: Being Immersed in Torah and Taking it Baderech Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits: Your Neshama's Contribution to Klal Yisrael Rabbi Dov Fink: Leah's Soft Eyes of Prayer Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: It's Time to Go Home Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: What Bothered Yaakov about His Dream? Rabbi Noach Goldstein: Leah is the First Person to Thank Hashem?! Rabbi Jeremy Golker: Don't Delay, Give Today Ari Katz: God Wants YOU! Rabbi Joshua Kaufman: But, What Are We Running To? Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: Preparing For the Fight: Yaakov, Yosef and Returning Home Rabbi Yoni Levin: When Earth Moves, Heaven Trembles Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: Did Lavan Worship God? QUICK READS FROM THE PARSHA Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein: But No Thanks? Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: The Divergence of Traditions in Selecting a Haftara Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald: Deceit, More Deceit and Teraphim Mrs. Michal Horowitz: A Place, A Dream, A Promise Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Unlistened Truths Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: "You Took My Husband!" Daf Yomi |  Mishna Yomi |  Support YUTorah The Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah Website is a project of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) 515 West 185th St. New York, NY 10033 To continue receiving RIETS emails, please subscribe to the RIETS option in the Manage My Subscription form