the Torah reading of Vayigash starts mid sentence, following the cliff-hanger anding of last week's Torah reading Miketz. With Binyomin (Benjamin) framed by the Egyptain viceroy Tzafnas Pa'aneach (Yosef/Joseph) thre brothers face the looming catastrophe of the loss of the last reminaing child of Yaakov (Jacob)'s favoured wife Rachel.

This week begins with Yehuda (Judah) stepping forth to confront the Egyptian leader and do all he can to save his borther. Then in the great plot twist Yosef reveals his true identity, and the whole episode transforms from catastrophe to salvation.

Yet the theme of 'vayigash' literally drawing near, involves far more than fraternal reconciliation. Yehuda's speech is one of the longest recorded in Torah, and adds nothing that we do not already know. Within its meanidering lie subtle clues that this is not merely a healing of the brothers and their relationships, but a reconstruction of Yaakov Avinu, our forefather Jacob, and the ability of the nation to survive exile, to live with difference and treu be truly diverse and truly one.

In this mini-series, Rabbi Daniel Rowe explains the deeper meaning and understanding of the Jewish festival of Chanukah and how it applies to our lives. This episode brings out the essence of the ideological clash between the Seleucid oppressors and the Jews of the Chanuka story.

It addresses the curious selection of 4 areas of observance that were banned: Circumcision, Shabbat, Forcing us to use a calendar instead of witnesses for the New Month, and a seemingly futile atempt to ban the oral transmission of the Unwritten Torah. Why these? What is their common root? and how does the Chanuka story redefine our place in existence, and personal meaning and value?

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In this mini-series, Rabbi Daniel Rowe explains the deeper meaning and understanding of the Jewish festival of Chanukah and how it applies to our lives.

Previous episodes showed how Chazal (Rabbis of Talmud and Midrash) locate the deep spiritual roots of the Chanuka story to the divisions within the Jewish nation and family going all the way back to Torah (Hebrew Bible) with the sons of Jacob.

This episode locates the solution to national schism to the tribe of Levi. It is the elements of passion and peace that they exemplify as teacher sof Torah that can go wrong if misused, but when used correctly can heal the rift between Yehudah (Judah) and Yosef (JUdah), unify the nation and bring an end to exile.

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