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Our next programs are in 2022, starting with a Family Shabbat/Pray & Play, the return of Shabbat youth programs (for 0-5) and the all new Sunday Funday!

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Parshat Vayechi

Yaakov Avinu, the reason we are Israel, our great-great...grandfather, is taking his last breaths before his physical presence leaves this world. The whole family is around him as he looks at each of his children and prepares to bless them.

And then, he describes each one of them:

"Reuven always tries to make Yaakov proud, but sometimes goes too far."

"Shimon and Levi are best friends, but when they are together they forget about other people's feelings, and can be violent when they are angry."

"Judah is a leader who can guide his brothers through life, because Judah has always managed to succeed in life, even when it felt too hard to handle. These descriptions continue and it teaches us a very important lesson."

If we describe ourselves - not based on what we do during the day or where we live, but based on the way that we behave in our lives, in general, Yaakov is telling us that we can discover our greatest blessing: to be exactly who we are. The question is only what we do next.
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Discussion Questions:

1. What are three things you can say about yourself?
2. How do your parents describe you?
3. How do your friends describe you?
4. Which parts of those descriptions are the same? Which parts are different? 
5. Are there parts of the descriptions that you like more or less? 
6. What can you do to focus on the parts you like more?


Questions and Answers from Last Week:

1. Why did Yehuda say so many nice things to Yosef?
He was telling Yosef that it was so imporant for him to save Binyamin, that he was willing to stand up to someone as great and powerful as Yosef.

2. How did Yehuda show his growth?
At the beginning of the Yosef story, Yehuda sold his brother into slavery to make money (instead of letting Yosef die in a pit). At the end of the story Yehuda was willing to give his own life to save Binyamin from slavery. By doing the exact opposite of the first time, he showed the he knew what he did to Yosef was a huge mistake and learned his lesson. 

3. Do you think Yehuda wanted to save Binyamin because he was his brother, or because he was his father's most loved son? Does that make a difference in the way he acted?
I think he saved Binyamin because he was his father's most loved son, because he sold Yosef for being his father's most loved son, and learned his lesson. I do not think it makes a difference in the way he acted - he did something good and showed his growth. He saved his brother and he saved his father.