Parsha Insights - Time is Precious
Parsha Insights By Rabbi Yisroel Ciner To Dedicate an Article click here Parshas Vayigash Time is Precious This weeks Parsha, Vayigash, gives us an incredible glimpse into the depths of all facets of the Torah. The gemara Megilah teaches us that the ‘truppe’, the ‘melody notes’ upon which the tune of the laining is based, were passed down from Moshe on Sinai. The Vilna Gaon shows us just what can be learned from the names of these notes. Just to first get our bearings straight, let’s recall what occurred in last weeks parsha. Yosef had sent the brothers back home with food but had warned them not to return without bringing Binyamin with them. Yaakov agrees to send Binyamin only after Yehuda guarantees his return. Yehuda had accepted upon himself that if he wouldn’t bring back Binyamin alive, he would be excommunicated in both this world and the next. They arrive, are gre