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To view this email as a web page, click here. Learn more and join now! Download the YUTorah in Print for Parshat Vayeishev 5786 12 pages of insights and inspiration from the parsha for your Shabbat enjoyment! Download Now See all previous editions of YUTorah in Print for Parshat Vayeishev See all articles on YUTorah for Parshat Vayeishev See all shiurim on YUTorah for Parshat Vayeishev TOPICS IN PARSHAT VAYEISHEV Vayeishev and Chanuka What's the connection between the two stories? Learn more Yaakov's Desire to Live in Peace What was so bad about wanting to retire? Learn more Yaakov and Yosef How their two lives paralleled and where they differed. Learn more Yosef and his Brothers Sibling rivalry can get complex and ugly, but what happened here? Learn more Yosef's Dreams The deeper meanings and messages of both his dreams. Learn more The Sale of Yosef How did the brothers come to peace with selling their brother into slavery? Learn more The Actions of Reuven Reuven in many ways is the ultimate redemption story of Sefer Bereishit. Learn more Yehuda and Tamar How to understand Yehuda's actions and what Tamar was thinking. Learn more The Roots of Mashiach How Yehuda and Tamar, and the birth of her children, foreshadow the rest of Jewish history. Learn more Yosef in Potiphar's House How did he manage to maintain his identity? Where did he fall short? Learn more Yosef is Punished for Asking for Help Where is the line between bitachon and hishtadlut? Learn more Halacha from the Parsha Dreams, Gambling, Tzedaka, Embarrassing Others, Yichud and more. Learn more More Topics in Parshat Vayeishev Yosef's Coat • Young Yosef •  Sending Yosef to Inquire of the Brothers •  The Angel in the Field • Yosef in the Pit • Who actually sold Yosef • Hashem's Role in the Sale • Yaacov Mourning for Yosef • Tamar's Requirement to Do Yibum • Yosef and Yehuda's Leadership • Yosef Being Saved from Sin • Yosef Hatzadik • The Winemaker and the Baker •  Shiurim on the Haftorah QUICK INSPIRATION FROM THE PARSHA (10 MINUTES OR LESS) Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh: Live In The Present Rabbi Eitan Bendavid: Going From Good to Great Rabbi Oshi Bloom: Teachings of the Divrei Shmuel of Slonim zy'a Rabbi Tanchum Cohen: Hashem's Hide-and-Seek in Vayeishev, Chanukka and the Past 16 Months Rabbi Dov Fink: Yehuda's Yibum and the Story of Yosef Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: Is Ambition Good? Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: Getting Burnt vs. Embarrassing Someone Rabbi Noach Goldstein: Honest Teshuva: Yehuda vs Reuven Rabbi Jeremy Golker: An Amazing Chiddushei HaRim on Ben Zekunim Rabbi Daniel Grama: Seek out the Good Rabbi Jonathan Kaplan: Preparing for the Light of Chanukah Rabbi Beni Krohn: Filling the Void Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: A True Friend: Chirah and Loyalty Rabbi Yoni Levin: The Connection Between the Neshamos of Yehuda ben Yaakov and Rabbi Yehuda Rabbi Dovid Rosman: Reuven's Teshuvah - From Good to Great Rabbi Shay Schachter: How Did Reuven "Save" His Brother By Throwing Him Into a Dangerous Pit? Rabbi Natan Siegel: The Remarkable Power of Bechira Rabbi Eli Wagner: From Failure to Kingship: Yehuda's Heroic Humility Rabbi Ari Zahtz: Yosef's Search for His Brothers Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: Two Stories of Twins QUICK READS FROM THE PARSHA Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: Seeing Our Brothers' and Sisters' Plight Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald: What's in a Name? Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: Humiliation and Murder: A Literal Comparison? Mrs. Michal Horowitz: Our Struggles, Our Triumphs Rabbi Elan Mazer: Yosef's Dreams: A Journey from Vision to Partnership With God Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: A Tale of Two Tunics 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