Parsha Meekaytz: Torah T’shuvah (Bless You!)

Happy Hanukah and welcome to my world of Torah ideas.  This week’s parsha (Torah portion) is always read on the Shabbat of Hanukah.  One aspect of Hanukah is about bringing light into the darkness, and the parsha, and Yoseph (Joseph) in particular, is all about waking people up from their darkness, so they can fix the things that they need to fix.  In the parlance of the tradition, Yoseph is all about doing tshuvah (literally an answer or to turn, … Continue reading

Parsha Vayigash: Let’s talk Torah

The reason I decided to put, “Let’s talk Torah,” in the title is because the parsha (Torah portion of the week) is all about talking.  Yehuda (Judah) tells Yoseph (Joseph) his side of the story of how they got into the predicament they are now in.  Yoseph tells his brothers how he came to be running things in Egypt, the brothers tell Yaakov (Jacob) that Yoseph is still alive, Pharaoh tells Yoseph to send wagons for his family, the family … Continue reading