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Shabbos Sippets — Vayeishev 5784

Выпуск: Shabbos Sippets — Vayeishev 5784. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Erev Shabbos Chanuka Parshas Vayeishev Me and the Guy in a Pink Tu Tu With a Camera on His Head By Hanna Perlberger “How Are You Today?” By Rabbi Yossy Goldman I was walking down the main thoroughfare in my Would you think that “how are you today?” can be a religious neighbourhood—my very staid suburban neighbourhood— question? around to see a man on a bicycle coming up slowly on my right, In this week’s Parshah, Vayeishev (Genesis 37–40), we read so slowly that we were able to make eye contact and a quick, the dramatic story of Joseph—the technicolor dream coat, the friendly nod as he pedalled past me. Yet, upon seeing his fellow mental construct, an explanatory story that made sense prisoners looking particularly unsettled, he was sensitive because until the pieces of the picture fell into place, my brain enough to take the time to inquire about their well-being. In a country where for many from enjoying the prestige of being Jacob’s favourite son years they were not acknowledged as full-fledged citizens, a (good) to being thrown into a pit by his brothers and ultimately simple “hello” can become a very humanising experience. Joseph, however, quickly Conversely, I am sometimes unpleasantly surprised when, rose to become Potiphar’s second in command (good), but ironically, a fellow Jew will walk right by me without even so when Potiphar’s wife falsely accused Joseph of attempted much as a nod. time you are asked how you are doing, answer “Lousy!” See if Taken separately, each aspect of the Joseph story is extreme the other person is listening and responds, or just carries on his —either painfully heartrending or appearing to defy reason, merry way, oblivious to your response. Aside from Joseph’s many outstanding qualities which we As the well-known Holocaust survivor and psychologist Viktor ought to try and emulate, in this rather simple passage Joseph Frankl explains: reminds us to be genuinely interested in other people’s well- Consider a movie: It consists of thousands upon thousands of individual pictures, and each of them makes sense and carries There is a famous story

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Shabbos Sippets

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8 декабря 2023 г.

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Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary