Vayeshev - 2025

Chevra, this week’s parsha is Vayeshev (וישב). This week the parsha takes a deep dive into a number of family problems within the family of Yaakov. We have Yosef’s dreams, the hatred of the other brothers towards him, the whole plot to throw him into a pit and then sell him into slavery and a different story being “sold” to Yaakov. We have the problem children of Yehuda, where one son dies, the next refuses to perform yibum or marital rights with with the widow and then the refusal to have the widow, Tamar, marry the third son.