Harry’s Video Blog – The Night the NFL Stood Still – Parshat Vayechi 5783
Don’t wait for emergencies. View this video directly on VIMEO
Harry’s Video Blog – Elvis Is In the Building – Vayechi 5782
Why does Jacob’s blessing to Joseph begin so strangely? View this file directly on Vimeo
Harry’s Video Blog – May G-d Make You Like…– Parshat Vayechi 5781
Who do we mention when we bless our sons, and why? View this video directly on VIMEO
Harry’s Video Blog – From the Cradle to the Grave – Vayechi 5780
Joseph asks Pharaoh to allow him to bury his father in “the grave that he dug”. What is the meaning of this cryptic phrase? Plus an amazing story from a hike in Yosemite National Park. View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Siege Isn’t Over – Vayechi 5780
Rabbi Becher was live in the Old City of Jerusalem on the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet – a fast that commemorates the siege of Jerusalem – and wonders why we have a fast to commemorate a siege? View this video directly on Vimeo.
Harry’s Video Blog – If I Forget Thee – Parshat Vayigash 5778
Harry Rothenberg asks “What kind of person would interrupt a funeral?” View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – A Community of Nations, Not Clones – Parshat Vayechi 5778
Each Jew has their own distinct character traits. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Harry’s Video Blog – Tomb of Our Fathers – Parshat Vayechi 5777
Jacob gives very detailed instructions to his sons regarding his burial. Harry Rothenberg explains why. View this video directly on VIMEO
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Rabbi Moshe Shapiro ZTzL – Parshat Vayechi 5777
Jacob the Patriarch dies in this week’s Torah reading. Unfortunately, Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, a long-time teacher for Rabbi Mordechai Becher, also died this week. Rabbi Becher gives some insights into the greatness of Rabbi Shapiro so that we can fully understand our loss. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Blessings
In this week’s Torah reading, Vayechi, Jacob blesses his sons in a very famous, poetic and beautiful section of the Torah. This got me thinking about what we mean by a “blessing”. A friend of mine was in an Virginian airport, I think, and he was about to have his coffee and, as he normally…