The pasuk does not mention Yaakov dying; rather, it uses other terms to refer to death. He was very different from his predecessors, Avraham and Yitzchak, as all his kids …
Yosef and Yaakov had the same thought process when they heard about each other. They both overcame their circumstances and both took satisfaction that the other did so.
Yosef reveals himself to his brothers and then asks if his father is alive. This wasn't a question, but he told the brothers that Yaakov wasn't the same since they …
Chanukah teaches us that things that look impossible are very much attainable. For Chanukah to happen seemed impossible, yet it did. So, too, we all can make the seemingly impossible …
Yosef Hatazadik was pulled out of the dungeon in an instant. The same happened by Yitzias Mitzrayim, and will happen Leasid Lavo. And the same will happen to us all!!
When the brothers throw Yosef into the pit, he could have been killed very easily by the snakes and scorpions inside it. Or could he? The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh tells …
The Gemara explains what Chanukah is not just to tell us the story but to tell something much deeper.
What did Yosef Hatzaddik do wrong by asking the butler to remember him? Is this not a normal thing to do? Why did that warrant an additional two years in …
The Sefer Apiryon (written by the author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch) gives us an amazing insight into Dina's wandering outside.
The Malach chanhed Yaakov’s name to Yisrael to show us a very important lesson.
Yaakov Avinu made an effort to ensure that he greats Eisav. Why such an all-out effort? Did he not believe in what Hashem told him?
We learn a Halacha from Lavan about marriage, and some ramifications that comes with it.
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