
Essays on synonyms from my What’s in a Word? series related to Parshas Vayigash:
Essays on synonyms from my What’s in a Word? series related to Parshas Vayechi:
- Jacob's Three Names - About יעקב, ישראל, and ישורון.
- Shouldering the Burden - About שכם and כתף.
- Say your Prayers - About תפילה and בקשה.
- Crouching Lion, Hidden Blessing - About ארי, אריה, גור, לביא, כפיר, ליש, שחל, שחץ,
- Through the Grapevine - גפן, שרקה, and שדמה.
- White is Light - About לבן, חור, and צוחר.
- Boats, Ships, and Nautical Rhapsody - About אניה, שיט, ספינה, רפסדות, עברה, סירות, דוגית, צי and more.
- Good and Pleasant - About נעים and שפיר.
- Them Bones and Themselves - About עצם and גרם.
Other written work related to the Parsha:
- Episode 81: Chapter 39a - The Life of Jacob = Hashem goes down to Egypt with Yaakov (Yeridah #4) / Yaakov sees the potential danger of being exiled to Egypt / Which of Jacob's wives came to Egypt with him (Was Bilhah still alive)? / Whom did Jacob's sons marry (twin sisters or Canaanite women)? / Counting Jacob's 70 Descendants (are Hashem, Yocheved, Bilhah, & Yaakov in the list?) / About 600,000 Jews exited Egypt / Yosef lives 110 years instead of 120 as a punishment / How is silence considered an admission (shitkah k'hodaah)? / A father is like a king / Yosef resists the temptation of Potiphar's wife / Joseph ejaculates from his fingers / For how long was Yosef in jail (Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer vs. Seder Olam)?
- Episode 82: Chapter 39b - The Life of Jacob = Joseph understands 70 languages & dream interpretation / Yosef escapes harm from the Ayin HaRa / Who was the "translator" (meilitz)? / Yosef never raised the prices / Egypt builds storagehouses for the famine / Yosef swears that he will bury Yaakov in the Holy Land / The Egyptians pay their last respects to Jacob & get rewarded / Eisav claims ownership of Maarat HaMachpelah & ends up killed / Who killed Esau (Chushim ben Dan or Yehudah ben Yaakov)? / Yehuda & Dan must join together to build the Temple & destroy Amalek / Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz: Don't get used to undesirable situations / Yitzchak prays on Eisav's behalf
Kol Tuv,
Reuven Chaim Klein
Beitar Illit, Israel
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