Parshat Vayechi has always been a special Parsha for me as it was my older brother’s Bar Mitzvah portion. I was in 4th grade for the weekend spectacular at the Washington Hotel (may its memory be for ...

King David’s final words are not a farewell. They are a summons. A summons to responsibility, to faith and to moral resolve. The haftarah for Parashat Vayechi, drawn from the second chapter of the ...

Yaakov Avinu’s last words recover a maternal and conservative ethic of guidance, inheritance, and restraint. Parshas Vayechi is not a loud parsha. It does not announce itself with fire or spectacle.

Joseph has two children: Menasheh, the older, and Ephraim, the younger. Jacob blesses them both before he dies. He tells Joseph that, although the descendants of Menasheh will become a great people, ...

Rabbi Samantha Frank and Rabbinical student Rena Singer are the founders o @Modern_Ritual, an Instagram account. This week’s Torah portion- Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)- is the final parsha ...

The haftarah for Parashat Vayechi, drawn from the second chapter of the First Book of Kings, is a highly instructive meditation on leadership, continuity and the moment when one generation must hand ...