Vayigash 5781: Seeing Things in a New Light

Introduction

After an impassioned speech from Yehuda, Yosef dramatically reveals his identity, and it is finally his chance to unleash his years of pent up anger and frustration on his brothers. However, Yosef chooses a different approach and calmly demonstrates to his brothers, and to us as the readers, that he has made peace with the past and is ready to move forward. How does he achieve this tranquility and how can this affect our own perspective on the current challenges we face?

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Sources include Genesis 45:4-8 Genesis 50:15-21.

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Credits
Rabbi Michael Emerson – Faculty and Host for Pardes from Jerusalem
Rabbi Adam Titcher – Lead Consultant and Producer
Arlene Harel – Faculty Coordinator

Michael Emerson

Rabbi Michael Emerson is Director of Special Projects at Pardes. Raised in Memphis, TN, he graduated from Columbia University and completed a Master’s Degree in Education and Jewish Studies at NYU. Michael received rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and is a Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholar alumnus.

Michael made aliyah from Columbus, Ohio, where he served as Program Director of the Wexner Service Corps, a service-learning fellowship for Jewish teens. He has taught Tanakh at SAR High School and at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. Michael lives in Israel with his wife, Dr. Adina Bitton, and their four children.