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Plus: The halachot of personal care on Shabbat PARSHAT VAYEISHEV December 20-21, 2024 / 20 Kislev 5785   SPECIAL DAYS Chanukah begins Wednesday night, December 25, and is celebrated through Thursday, January 2.  FEATURED Report Reveals Challenges Orthodox Jews Face in Seeking a Spouse Center for Communal Research The OU recently released "The Challenges of Singlehood Among American Orthodox Jews Part II," which focuses on the specific challenges that single Orthodox community members face in their search for a spouse. Read in JNS  AROUND THE OU Then and Now: The War for Truth Our EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer will be speaking at Congregation Ohav Emeth in Highland Park, NJ, on Sunday night, December 22, on the topic of "Then and Now: The War for Truth." Download Flyer All Torah Learn Mishnayos Sanhedrin with All Mishnah This week marked a unique learning cycle in the world of Yomi learning. Maseches Bava Basra Daf Yomi and Maseches Bava Basra Mishnah Yomi both finished on the same day, this past Wednesday. Now is a great opportunity to learn Mishnayos Sanhedrin daily with All Mishnah as a prep for the Daf. Download All Mishnah and All Daf Here Halacha Initiatives STa"M Training Course Every community needs a STa"M expert! Become a STAMP certified magiah (checker) for sifrei Torah, tefillin and mezuzos. An online course, beginning January 6, will be given by renowned author and STa"M expert Rav Reuvain Mendlowitz. STAMP is a partner of the OU's Mezuzah Initiative. Find Out More Creative Ways to Give to Charity Before Year-End While many individuals choose the straightforward approach of writing a check to the charity of their choice, there are myriad creative ways to give tzedakah that may help donors achieve other personal financial planning objectives while benefiting the organizations they feel passionate about. Read More OU-JLIC Friendships Continue to Grow While displaced for ten months in a Tel Aviv hotel, Nir Am evacuees were embraced by the JLIC TLV community and connections were formed. Read in JNS Jewish Action Eight Nights of Presents? How About Eight Presents in One Night? This Chanukah, give the gift of a one- or two-year subscription to Jewish Action, the OU's quarterly magazine. Give a Gift Today  UPCOMING EVENTS NCSY Israel SHMUEL Chanukah Community Concert Celebrating 10 Years of NCSY Israel Tuesday, December 31, at 7:00 pm in Jerusalem, Israel. Register Now SPIRIT SPIRIT Enrichment Center: Inner Healing, Outer Harmony – Nurturing Relationships from Within Starting Monday, January 5, at noon EST. Register Now  TORAH L'Kadsho Halachos of Personal Care on Shabbos What are the parameters of bathing, showering and shampooing on Shabbos? Rabbi Shalom Rosner explains! Plus… can you drag that, roll that or sweep that on Shabbos? Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon's choresh flowcharts make it simple! Halachos of Personal Care on Shabbos – Listen Now More on L'Kadsho Rabbi Moshe Hauer Brothers What principles do you stand for? Just last week we read the Torah's account of Shimon and Levi's principled stand on behalf of their sister Dina in Shechem as they could not tolerate standing by as she was violated. Yet, remarkably, this week we read about the same Shimon and Levi in the very same place doing the precise opposite, scheming to eliminate their own brother Yosef. Read More Rabbi Menachem Genack The Eternal Impact of Human Action The Midrash tells us that although Reuven saved Yosef from his brothers, had he known that the Torah would record his actions he would have acted differently. What does this mean and what implication does it have for our own actions? Read in Hebrew Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman The Price of a Pair of Shoes The Haftorah opens with Hashem's striking declaration: "I am willing to overlook three sins but not the fourth." This raises the obvious question: What were the first three sins, and how was the fourth sin so egregious that it could no longer be forgiven? Read More Rabbi Norman Lamm zt"l The Progressive Candles: A Commentary on Jewish Life The light of the progressive candles is an enlightening commentary on what Jewish life should be: inspiring us to better behavior, challenging us to greater deeds, and urging us on to new and broader horizons. Read More Rabbi Jack Abramowitz Where Does It Say...? Sometimes, a matter of Jewish practice or philosophy is not apparent in the text of the Torah. In these real-life reader Q&As, we address several such questions. Read More Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l What Is the Theme of the Stories of Genesis? What was so different about the patriarchs in Genesis that we spend so many chapters on them? What new component did they bring to the world? Read More Rabbi Daniel Glatstein How to Daven With All Your Soul We understand that to love Hashem with one's soul means to be willing to give up one's life, but since avodah means to daven, how does one "serve" Hashem with his soul? Listen Now Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb We'll Skip This Next Story It was in the second or third grade that I began to study Chumash. I remember beginning at the beginning, with parshat Bereishit. It must have been in third, or perhaps even fourth, grade that we reached this week's Torah portion, Vayeishev. Read More Halacha Yomis Lechem Mishneh and Shalosh Seudos Do I need to have lechem Mishneh (two loaves) for Shalosh Seudos? Read More