Oh, Brother! Jewish Quest Podcast on VaYehi
This conversation with Simon Eder of the Jewish Quest explores the mysterious character of Joseph, a man who keeps his own counsel, and the Torah’s message of fraternal reconciliation in the closing lines of its first fractious book. https://jewishquest.buzzsprout.com/1859010/episodes/18431544-25-31-vayehi-with-rabbi-danny-nevins https://www.buzzsprout.com/1859010/episodes/18431544
Questions of Life and Legacy: VaYehi 2017
This final parashah of Genesis bears a cryptic title: Vayehi, “He (that is, Jacob) lived.” Well, of course he lived, and soon he will die, but how has he lived? What legacy does he bequeath? These are the questions that concern Vayehi. What is the Torah’s final judgment of Jacob, a man who has wrestled, mourned and rejoiced,…
Judah, don’t tether your donkey to a grapevine. Shabbat VaYehi 5777
In the August Wilson play, “Fences,” recently brought to screen with stand-out performances by Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, the male protagonist Troy torments his son Cory to the point of driving him from home at 17. We learn that Troy had been driven off by his own father at 14, and so the cycle…
Rabbi Danny Nevins 