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Tag: Parashat Vayishlach
The Rabbis’ Boogeyman: Learning About Forgiveness
What can we learn about forgiveness from the Rabbis' boogeyman? Esau is that boogeyman but we can learn from his relationship with Jacob.
Alex Friedman
February 5, 2024
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Dvar Torah
Dinah: An Unexpected Trans Story
Based on rabbinic midrash from tractate Berakhot, Dinah can be read either as a trans woman or, as this piece argues, a closeted trans man.
Saffron Mala Kaplan
December 8, 2023
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Dvar Torah
Finding Quiet Solace in a Stormy World
Caleb Brommer, RS '24, speaks on finding quiet solace in a stormy world, for his JTS senior sermon, on Parashat Vayishlach.
Caleb Brommer
November 30, 2023
JTS Senior Sermon
Learning
Compassionate Fantasies
In the haftarah for Vayishlach, from the Book of Obadiah, we read the story of God rebuking the nation of Edom, rather than Israel.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 5, 2022
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Haftarah
The Struggles That Shape Us
On the eve of Jacob’s meeting with his brother Esau, he finds himself wrestling with a divine figure, winning, and receiving a new name.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 5, 2022
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Dvar Torah