Vayigash
When humility embraces extravagance, the world is forever changed.
Judah approaches Joseph, pleading for Benjamin’s release. Joseph can bear it no longer. He reveals that he is in fact their brother, Joseph, and asks if his father is alive. The brothers bow their heads in shame. Joseph assures them that his being sold to Egypt was all part of G-d’s master plan. Jacob and all his family – now seventy strong – move from the Land of Canaan to the Land of Egypt. G-d assuages Jacob’s worry; the descent down into Egypt will surely lead to a greater ascent upward and higher. Joseph, the economist, turns Egypt into the center of world finance. Jacob, Israel, and his family settle in the city of Goshen.
A Family Reunion: What Joseph Teaches Us About Forgiveness
Essentially, Joseph’s initial tragedy was the catalyst that brought the birth of the Jewish people, the giving of the Torah – and all that followed. Imagine if Joseph would’ve chosen to wallow in his grief instead, choosing a path of hopelessness and despair? Where would we all be today? Let us learn from Joseph to take the path toward light instead of darkness, toward growth instead of stagnation.
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It’s the Tzimtzum, Stupid
The reality that we live with seems harsh because the world was created dark, but everything in this world has a higher purpose that we can’t see.
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The Secret Power of Your Birthday
Please join Rabbi Jacobson in this special birthday workshop and discover the awesome strength of your birthday — the strength to dramatically transform virtually every aspect of your life.
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Word-Count: Do You Have Book Inside You?
Discover the book within you — your exclusive chronicle. Too many have had their story written by others. Isn’t it time to write your own, true, story?
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Joseph & Marx – Work & Alienation
Joseph possessed the unique power to integrate spirit and matter in an imperfect world where materialism dominates. Let us learn how this can be achieved.
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When No Is Greater Than Yes
Discover the mystery of quietude, a powerful innate force inside all of us. Learn how to actualize this enormous strength, the power of no over yes.
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A Shepherd in Egypt
Gain insights in to why a person needs aspects of both Joseph and Judah, in order to balance spiritual tradition with new worldliness.
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The Bottom of the Barrel
One of the great Chassidic masters teaches us about sadness and where the pieces of a broken heart should lie.
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Joseph’s Calf
Jacob and Joseph teach us about our responsibility for things that are in our control and even that which happens outside of our control.
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