Posts Tagged: Parshat Vayigash
The Torah and Nietzsche: How Hard Times Can Make You Stronger
The 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), initiated a form of modern philosophy known as “existentialism,” which posits that human beings are each individually...
Parshat Vayigash: The Power of Reinterpreting the Past
In this week's parsha, Joseph does something unusual. Revealing himself to his brothers, fully aware that they will suffer shock and then guilt as they...
Parshat Vayigash: Does My Father Love Me?
It is one of the great questions we naturally ask each time we read the story of Joseph: Why did he not, at some time...
