Shabbat Shalom! This week’s Torah Portion is Vay’chi, Genesis 47:28-50:26. I hope you will join us for Shabbat Services this week: Friday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m.

Torah Question of the Week:

Do you give constructive criticism or rebukes to your children or other young people you teach or support? In this week’s Torah portion, Jacob blesses his sons (and his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh), but Joseph rebukes some of them, saying that their actions will have consequences for their future and the future of their families, yet giving no possibility for redemption. What impact do you think rebukes have on future behavior? In your experience does another approach have better results? Why or why not?

Want to learn about the Torah portion?

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I hope to see you at services! Shabbat Shalom!

— Rabbi Adrienne : )