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3 essays · Isaac Shulman
12 December 2020 · 5781
Vayeshev 2020: On Dreams and Envy and Peace
Isaac Shulman · Parsha Corner
“And Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than all his other sons …… And his brothers saw that he was more loved than them and they hated him and were unable to speak to him with peace. And Joseph dreamt a dream and told his brothers and they h…
27 November 2021 · 5782
Vayeshev 2021: Deception - A pattern that needed to stop
Isaac Shulman · Parsha Corner
The Book of Bereishis is replete with stories of people deceiving one another. Often the deception is overt falsehood but sometimes merely hiding the truth has the same effect. The consequences are always bad if not awful. The first decepti…
17 December 2022 · 5783
Vayeshev 2022: Will the real Jacob please come forward!
Isaac Shulman · Parsha Corner
This Zohar attributes the exile of Joseph as a punishment for Jacob’s deceit of his father: