2018年3月25日 · If so, what is the meaning of the claim that Ya'akov was reciting the shema when he first saw Yosef? After all the years of not understanding Yosef's true fate, after all the suffering and hardship, Ya'akov finally realizes that God's Hand …

2023年12月20日 · The calling card of Yaakov’s reunion with Yosef and the affirmation of loyalty that he heard from his sons has to be embedded in the DNA of every Yid. Whenever I am skeptical of the veracity of a vagrant’s entreats for money, not knowing if he is part of the tribe, I ask them if they know Shema Yisroel .

This question leads some meforshim to explain this interpretation with a “mussar” approach, that Yaakov had surely said Krias Shema earlier that day, but upon meeting his long lost son, he was saying the verses of Krias Shema in order to transmute the tremendous love he felt for Yosef and directed it towards Hashem.

2025年1月6日 · Why did Yaakov decide to say Shema precisely at the moment when he sees his beloved son after a twenty-two year separation? Not five minutes earlier, not five minutes later! Furthermore, if this actually was the only time to say it, why didn’t Yosef also recite the Shema?

Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik of Yerushalayim[1] suggested the following answer: Yaakov met Yosef just before sunrise. L’chatchilah, one should recite Shema at that time, as Yaakov did. B’diavad, however, one may recite Shema for the first three hours of the day.

2011年12月29日 · When they met, the pasuk says that Yosef fell on Yaakov’s neck and cried extensively. Rashi quotes a medrash that says that while Yosef did this, Yaakov did not fall on …

2025年1月1日 · He greets the Shekhina, with the recitation of Shema, before turning his feelings to Yosef. The recitation of "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one," expresses here the singular appearance of the Shekhina – as one – either on individuals, as in the days of the patriarchs, or on a collective, as in the case of Yaakov and ...

2023年12月21日 · Parashat Vayigash records the dramatic reunion of Yaakov with his beloved son, Yosef. Many attempts have been made to decipher the enigmatic comment in the Midrash (cited by Rashi, 46:29) that Yaakov read "shema" at this moment when he embraced Yosef for the first time in over two decades. One well known answer is suggested by the Kotzker Rebbe.

2018年12月13日 · The underlying assumption of their question is that, had Yosef wanted to say Kri’at Shema now, he, too, could have put all other thoughts out of his mind and concentrated on his prayers. (Da’at Torah) ***** “Pharaoh said to Yaakov, ‘How many are the days of the years of your life?’” (47:8)

2017年1月5日 · In this week’s parshah, Yaakov is reunited with his son Yosef after having being separated from him for 22 years. When they met, the pasuk says that Yosef fell on Yaakov’s …