At the end of the parsha Yaakov gives his children blessings. Karen Miller Jackson explores whether the non-positive ones are in fact, “blessings,” and what we can learn from this about parenting. She then examines the weekly Friday night blessings we give to our children based on Yaakov’s blessing to Ephraim and Menashe and shares a beautiful idea about the blessing for girls from the Torah of Rav Yehuda Herzl Henkin z”l, the co-founder of Nishmat, who sadly passed away last week. Sign up here to receive this podcast weekly. If you are enjoying this podcast, please consider sponsoring an episode for $36/₪120 here.