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The Mitzvah of Levayas Hameis

Once on a summer day, a Jewish beggar brought home a guest. His wife tells him: “What did you do? What will I offer him?” Her husband answered her: “Oh well, we will eat a few spoons less, so there will be food for the guest. What did you prepare?”

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PARSHAT VAYECHI

By Rabbi Reuven Tradburks Vayechi means life, yet the Parsha begins with talk of death and ends with death. Yaakov demands to be buried in Israel.  Yosef swears he will.  Yaakov elevates his grandchildren, Ephraim and Menashe to be equal to his children as tribes settling the land of Israel.

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