PARSHAT VAYECHI
January 10-11, 2025 / 11 Tevet 5785 SPECIAL DAY
The fast of Asara b'Tevet is observed on Friday, January 10. | | |  FEATURED | | | | | | Tefillot for Los Angeles | Our thoughts and tefillot are with the people of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas as they continue to battle devastating wildfires. Please join us in davening for the safety of all those affected by this ongoing emergency. | |  | | OU, Boca Raton Synagogue Host Program for Grandparents of Individuals with Disabilities | | Yachad and SPIRIT | More than 160 North American and Israeli grandparents, as well as family members of individuals with disabilities, explored the pride and challenges of raising children with disabilities from the perspectives of three mothers. The program was hosted by Yachad and SPIRIT, in partnership with the Boca Raton Synagogue Empty-Nesters Club. | | | |  AROUND THE OU | |  | | Ashiva | | Singlehood: A Parent's Role – Panel Discussion | Join our EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Dr. Rachel Ginsberg, principal researcher of the OU's Center for Communal Research, and Dr. Efrat Sobolofsky, director of YU Connects, for a panel discussion on Tuesday, January 28, at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, NJ. Moderated by Rabbi Elliot Schrier, senior rabbi of Bnai Yeshurun, the panel will discuss the critical role of parents of single men and women. | | Register Now | | |  | | Synagogue Initiatives | | Annual Shul Administrator Conference | Attention shul administrators: Join Synagogue Initiatives on March 23-25 in Orlando, FL, for the OU's annual Shul Administrator Conference. Network with shul administrators from around the country while learning about new and innovative development and programming ideas. | | Register Now | | |  | | Yachad | | The Next Generation of Inclusive Role Models | Yachad's Annual Leadership Shabbaton was a powerful gathering that united teens with and without disabilities from across the country. The event focused on teaching participants how to build effective leadership skills and serve as role models within participants' own schools and communities. | | Read in JNS | | |  UPCOMING EVENTS | |  TORAH | |  | | Rabbi Moshe Hauer | | All the Rage | Anger is all the rage these days. It infects personal, familial, and professional relationships and is the hallmark of our politics and the key ingredient in the algorithms that drive social media engagement. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Menachem Genack | | Weapons as Prayer? | Targum Onkelos explains that Yaakov's reference to taking Shechem with his "sword and bow" refers to two types of prayer. What is this based on, and what are they? | | Read in Hebrew | | |  | | Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman | | A Living Legacy | This week's Haftorah begins with the words: "David's days drew near to die." There appears to be an obvious connection to the parsha – in parshas Vayechi we read Yaakov's last will and testament. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm zt"l | | An Old Shirt for a Young Prince | Three lessons Jacob wanted to drive home to Joseph – the wealthiest and most powerful of all his children – three correctives to the abuses that come so frequently with the acquisition of prosperity, power, and social recognition. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Jack Abramowitz | | Cain's Wife | A reader asks: Who did Cain marry, and why doesn't the Torah spell it out for us? | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l | | The Last Tears | At almost every stage of the fraught encounter between Joseph and his family in Egypt, Joseph weeps. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Ephraim Glatt, Esq. | | Kiddush All Together? | When Shabbos guests eat over someone's house, which is preferable: to recite their own kiddush or to let the host have them in mind? | | Listen Now | | | |
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