Daily Chumash Monday, 13th Teves: Yaakov blesses Efraim & Menashe

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  • Yaakov’s eyes were getting old and as a result he could not see. The sons of Yosef were brought to Yaakov, and he kissed them and hugged them. Yaakov remarked “I had not even dreamed of seeing you and now I see your children.” Yosef removed the children from Yaakov’s knees and prostrated to the ground.
  • Yaakov switches his hands: Yosef brought both sons, and positioned Ephraim to his right, to the left of Yisrael, and Menashe to his left, to the right of Yisrael. Yisrael placed his right hand on the head of Ephraim and his left hand on the head of Menashe. He moved his hand with intelligence, as Menashe was the firstborn.
  • The blessing: Yaakov blessed Yosef and said “The G-d who has been with me and my forefathers, the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, he should bless the children and they should be called by my name and the name of my forefathers, Avraham and Yitzchak. They shall multiply on earth like fish.”

About The Author

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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