FALLING, ADMITTING, AND RISING AGAIN

 What really makes a person great — never falling, or knowing how to rise? In this morning’s powerful episode on Parashat Vayeshev, we journey through one of the most painful family dramas in the Torah: the sale of Yosef, the failure of Yehudah, the shocking story of Tamar, and the confrontation of kings — Shaul and David. This is not a class about ancient figures. It’s a class about us — about guilt, responsibility, collapse, and the courage to admit, “I was wrong.”   In our class, we try to strip away the fantasy of perfection and replaces it with something far more real: the holiness of recovery. From Yehudah’s words “Tzadkah mimeni” to David’s “Chatati LaHashem,” we uncover why Jewish kingship is built not on flawlessness, but on return. If you’ve ever failed, fallen short, or wondered if it’s possible to truly start again — this class is for you.