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    DID YOU KNOW..?

    A compilation of commentaries on the Torah. By Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Bereshit: Vayishlach: Anything special about Yosef...

    December 15, 2019

    Bereshit: Vayishlach: Was Schechem reincarnated?

    December 12, 2019

    Bereshit: Vayishlach: Did Yaakov lie to Esav, prom...

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    Bereshit: Vayishlach: Anything special about Yosef’s tunic?

    December 15, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.37, vs.3

    Anything special about Yosef’s tunic?

    וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִכָּל־בָּנָ֔יו כִּֽי־בֶן־זְקֻנִ֥ים ה֖וּא ל֑וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה ל֖וֹ כְּתֹ֥נֶת פַּסִּֽים׃

    Now Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he...

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    Bereshit: Vayishlach: Was Schechem reincarnated?

    December 12, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.34, vs.7

    Was Schechem reincarnated?

    וּבְנֵ֨י יַעֲקֹ֜ב בָּ֤אוּ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֙ כְּשָׁמְעָ֔ם וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיִּ֥חַר לָהֶ֖ם מְאֹ֑ד כִּֽי־נְבָלָ֞ה עָשָׂ֣ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־בַּֽת־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְכֵ֖ן לֹ֥א יֵעָשֶֽׂה׃

    Meanwhile Jacob’...

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    Bereshit: Vayishlach: Did Yaakov lie to Esav, promising him in vain to meet in Seir?

    December 11, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.33, vs.14

    Did Yaakov lie to Esav, promising him in vain to meet in Seir?

    יַעֲבָר־נָ֥א אֲדֹנִ֖י לִפְנֵ֣י עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַאֲנִ֞י אֶֽתְנָהֲלָ֣ה לְאִטִּ֗י לְרֶ֨גֶל הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנַי֙ וּלְרֶ֣גֶל הַיְלָדִ֔ים עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־אָבֹ֥א אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י שֵׂעִֽירָה׃

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    Bereshit: Vayishlach: How was Yosef, a chid, able to hide his mother from Esav?

    December 10, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.33, vs.7

    How was Yosef, a chid, able to hide his mother from Esav?

    וַתִּגַּ֧שׁ גַּם־לֵאָ֛ה וִילָדֶ֖יהָ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֑וּ וְאַחַ֗ר נִגַּ֥שׁ יוֹסֵ֛ף וְרָחֵ֖ל וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃

    Next Leah, with her children, came forward and bowed low; and last, Joseph...

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    Bereshit: Vayishlach: Why was Yaakov specifically hit where he was?

    December 8, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.32, vs.24

    Why was Yaakov specifically hit where he was?

    וַיִּקָּחֵ֔ם וַיַּֽעֲבִרֵ֖ם אֶת־הַנָּ֑חַל וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֖ר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ׃

    After taking them across the stream, he sent across all his possessions.

    Yaakov deserved the pain inflicted on his hip by the...

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    Bereshit: Vayetze: After being left totally destitute, where did Yaakov get the flask from?

    December 5, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.28, vs.18

    After being left totally destitute, where did Yaakov get the flask from?

    וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֜ב בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יו וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֹתָ֖הּ מַצֵּבָ֑ה וַיִּצֹ֥ק שֶׁ֖מֶן עַל־רֹאשָֽׁהּ׃

    Early in the mornin...

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    Bereshit: Vayetze: Shouldn’t the angels have first gone down before going up?

    December 4, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.28, vs.12

    Shouldn’t the angels have first gone down before going up?

    וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָה וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ מַגִּ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה וְהִנֵּה֙ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים וְיֹרְדִ֖ים בּֽוֹ׃

    He had a dream; a ladder was set on the g...

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    Bereshit: Vayetze: What did the ladder represent?

    December 2, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.28, vs.12

    Where were the stones from and what happened to them?

    וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָה וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ מַגִּ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה וְהִנֵּה֙ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים וְיֹרְדִ֖ים בּֽוֹ׃

    He had a dream; a ladder was set on the ground...

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    Bereshit: Vayetze: Where were the stones from and what happened to them?

    December 1, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.28, vs.11

    Where were the stones from and what happened to them?

    וַיִּפְגַּ֨ע בַּמָּק֜וֹם וַיָּ֤לֶן שָׁם֙ כִּי־בָ֣א הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ מֵאַבְנֵ֣י הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

    He came upon a certain place a...

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    Bereshit: Toldot: Did the patriarchs get to learn together?

    November 28, 2019

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    Rabbi Eytan Yehudah Dzikowski

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    Ch.25, vs.29

    Did the patriarchs get to learn together?

    וַיָּ֥זֶד יַעֲקֹ֖ב נָזִ֑יד וַיָּבֹ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו מִן־הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְה֥וּא עָיֵֽף׃

    Once when Yaakov was cooking a stew, Esav came in from the field, famished.

    • The three patriarchs studied together for 15...

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