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EPISODE · Dec 24, 2025 · 11 MIN

R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Vayigash: Three Paths to Closeness

from Ta Shma · host Hadar Institute

The word “vayigash” (“he approached”) opens one of the most dramatic scenes in the Torah: a climactic moment in the tense encounter between Yehudah, the brothers and Yosef, a moment in which the fate of the entire family rests on the words and actions of a single person.  “And Yehudah approached him and said…” (Genesis 44:18).

The word “vayigash” (“he approached”) opens one of the most dramatic scenes in the Torah: a climactic moment in the tense encounter between Yehudah, the brothers and Yosef, a moment in which the fate of the entire family rests on the words and actions of a single person. “And Yehudah approached him and said…” (Genesis 44:18).

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