parshat Vayigash

Yakov is anxious. Frightened. Scared. He is about to leave Israel, the land he knows is his true home, for the depraved environment of Egypt. On the other hand, he is desperate to be reunited with Yosef.

Who chose which haftaros we read? In what ways is the book of Yechezkel unusual? Why is the haftarah on Shabbos seldom from Yechezkel?

Before revealing his identity, Yosef commanded all others to leave the room (ibid. 45:1). Why was this important to him?

The language that needs no translation.

A Shiur by Rabbi Jnonathan Sacks ZT"L for the weekly Torah reading of "Vayigash"

In this week's Torah reading of Vayigash, Yosef's brothers come down to Egypt because of the terrible famine in the land of Israel. There is a difference between their original plan and the reality at the end of the Parasha.