The Nile River was an Egyptian deity and Pharoh intended to drown the Jewish children in the impurity of the Egyptian deity.

 If Yocheved realized that Moshe had the power to negate the klipeh of the Nile, why did she hide him for three months. What was so special about the day she placed him in the water?

By extending her arm to rescue Moshe, she rescued herself from the decree of death, allowing her to enter Gan Eden alive. 

What was the power of the Tevah ? 

Based on the teachings of Rabbi Pinches Friedman  

The umbrella of protection based on the teachings of Rabbi Abittan and Rabbi Aderet   

The attempts at a tikun of Kayin in the book of Bereshit and our continuing job.  

Daf Yomi helps a driver get out of a traffic ticket. 

Does slavery truly begin with the death of Jacob or is it 80 years later? 

Decoding Jacob’s blessings to his grandchildren and to his children. 

The origin of the Vulcan nerve pinch by Spock 

Finding refuge within the tent of the study hall.  

Vayechi - Jacob Never Died - What does that mean to Us? 

Jacob the Paradigm of Truth 

Emet and immortality 

Children are the legs of their parents 

The world was created with three separate alphabets of 22 letters relating to the 66 who went down to Egypt

Adam Man and Dam Blood

Emet Truth and Met Death

Amonay - G-d and Din - Judgement

Achieving Immortality

Today we fast in commemoration of Nebuchadnezzar’s seige of Jerusalem which resulted in the destruction of the First Bet HaMikdash. The fast day is simply called Asara BaTevet. strange thing about the Tenth of Tevet is that when it falls out on a Friday, we don’t push it off or push it back, We fast on Friday unlike other fasts. And Avudraham suggests that were it to fall out on Shabbat, we would even fast on Shabbat and we only do that when Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat. Why? We commemorate the siege only while on other days we remember the more difficult anniversaries of the breaking of the walls and the destruction itself. What makes the Tenth of Tevet different?  

This fast almost always falls during the week we read Vayechi. Vayechi Yaakov which translates as Jacob lived seems to be more about Jacob dying rather than living.  

The weekly portions always are demarcated; they begin either on a new line, or on the same line as the end of the previous portion but after a space large enough to have nine letters written in it. Vayechi is an exception, in that there is no space at all between the end of last week's parsha, Vayigash, and the beginning of Vayechi - the last word of Vayigash is followed immediately by the first word of Vayechi. 

 Rashi quotes two explanations of this unique phenomenon. 'Why is this parsha 'stumah' [closed, or sealed, i.e., written immediately after the end of the preceding parsha with no space in between]? Because once Jacob died, the eyes and hearts of the Israelites were closed by the oppression of their subjugation, for it was then that they [the Egyptians] began to subjugate them. Another explanation is that Jacob wanted to reveal the “end” to his sons, but it was closed to him.' 

VaYigash We cannot live in a world of only Chesed 5781

Yehudah Crashed into Yosef 

Understanding Elokim vs Havaya 

Who will be chosen King?

Mechilah and Kappara 

Recovering from mistakes makes the king. 

Being drawn upwards with the flame!  

Are we celebrating a victory or a miracle?  

The eight day holidays celebrated by Adam and the origin of pagan winter celebrations.  

The Hellenists are alive and well in our generation and the challenge of Hannukah remains.  

Joseph to Pharaoh: Interpretation or advice?  

Qualifications to run the country.  

Connecting Yesod with Binah  

How do we do that?   

Yosef Prepared a Chanukah Feast and Gave Binyamin Five Portions Corresponding to the Five Reasons Binyamin Merited Having the Chanukah Miracle Occur in His Territory based on the Shvilei Pinchas 

VaYesheb - Yosef was a Gilgul of Chanoch who transformed alive into the angel Matat. Based on the teachings of the Shvilei Pinchas   

If Chanoch went to heaven alive, what tikun was to be accomplished through Joseph?
Chanoch’s Shortcoming Was that He Failed to Rebuke the People of His Generation 

Yisrael in Mitzrayim neshamos that had corrupted their ways in the generation of the flood 

 The Connection between Chanoch and the Passuk: “חנוך לנער על פי דרכו” 

Yosef Possesses the Same Numerical Value as Melech Yavan  

The Preferred Mitzvah Is to Place the Chanukah Candles outside one’s door    

The Ten Dreams of Bereshit

Dream Interpretation 

Asking through a Dream 

BE Careful who you tell a dream to

Dreams are 1/60th of prophecy 

 “Yaakov was left alone and a man wrestled with him!” Who Fought with Yaakov and what was at stake?
 

Based on Rav Pinchas Friedman  

Esav’s Guardian Angel Fought with Yaakov Avinu on Account of the Third Bet HaMikdash  

Why does the gemara write an obvious grammatical mistake
when it writes: “Rabbi Yaakov Pays Half-Damages”? 

Why does Yaakov not take in Timna and how does that relate
the the Two Letters “Samech-Mem” of סמא'ל?  

Yaakov Avinu Was the Tikun of Adam HaRishon Who Brought
Death to the World!   

What does the midrash mean when it tells us that HKB”H minimized
the Stature of Adam HaRishon to One Hundred Cubits?