http://www.chabad.org/magazine/default.asp?aid=9173 Chabad.org Parshah Portal features basic texts, summaries and in-depth analysis as well as commentary and other articles on the weekly Torah portion Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3191 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3191 Got no more than five minutes? The Parshah in a Nutshell is an ultra-short, one-page synopsis of the weekly Torah reading, peppered with links to related stories, essays and articles. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=9173 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=9173 Modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/default.asp?AID=9173 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/default.asp?AID=9173 A modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah with the classic commentary by Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105), universally regarded as the most basic tool for understanding the meaning of the text for schoolchild and scholar alike. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/in-depth/default.asp?AID=35876 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/in-depth/default.asp?AID=35876 Explore the Parshah together with a hundred generations of scholars and mystics, from Moses to today. Includes a detailed summary and overview, and dozens of selected excerpts from the Midrash, Talmud, the Commentaries and the Chassidic Masters. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=99944 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=99944 "HaVaYeH is in this space!" proclaimed Jacob upon waking from niught's sleep on the Temple Mount. And then he said, "This is the house of Elokim." Jacob found himself in a place that expresses the essence of Torah -- Space and non-space meet, but neither cancels out the other. He found himself between two expressions of the one G-d: HaVaYeH and Elokim. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2656 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2656 Why are we here? The answers fall under two general categories: for ourselves (to enjoy life, realize our potential, achieve transcendence...); or in service of something greater than ourselves (society, history, G-d...) Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2653 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2653 This Torah reading of <i>Vayeitzei</i> is veritably glutted with sheep: white sheep, dark sheep, spotted sheep, speckled sheep, sheep with rings around their ankles; Jacob cares for sheep, receives his wages in sheep, breeds sheep, dreams of sheep, amasses a fortune in sheep... and marries a woman who name in Hebrew means "sheep". What are we to learn from the fact that the nation of Israel was founded in such sheepish surroundings? Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=101035 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=101035 We know that Jacob, and all the patriarchs, kept the commandments of the Torah that would be later given to their descendants. Why, then, did Jacob marry sisters, a direct prohibition? Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2655 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2655 The day has 12 hours; the Jewish day has the 12 sons of Jacob Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327375 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327375 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327376 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327376 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=448632 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=448632 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327377 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327377 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=331955 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=331955 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327378 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327378 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=458126 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=458126 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=328212 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=328212 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=331976 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=331976 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327380 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327380 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=773275 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=773275 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327381 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=327381 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST