Parashat Vayigash: Table of Contents
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CONTENTS
  • Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
  1. What was so special about Be’er Sheva that Yaakov decided to make a stop there on his way to Egypt?
  2. Why does the Torah mention the wagons Yosef sent, and why would wagons revive Yaakov’s spirit?
  • Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
  1. How long does Yaakov’s family plan to spend in Egypt?
  2. When Yosef and Yaakov meet, who fell on whose neck and cried, and why wasn’t the other one crying as well?
  3. What exactly was Yosef warning his brothers when he told them not to fight on the way?
  4. Who were the 70 people who came to Egypt from Yaakov's family?
  • Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
  1. Taking three steps back and forward before the Amidah
  2. Is learning Hebrew a mitzvah?
  • A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית​​​​​​
  1. Shoresh שֹׁרֶשׁ ז.ק.נ
  2. Shoresh שֹׁרֶשׁ ק.צ.ר