"Shabbat Shalom" – Vayeshev 5777
Parshat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel — “For the candle is the commandment and the Torah is light.” [Prov. 6:23] As we prepare for the festival of Hanukkah – which commences at the conclusion of the upcoming Sabbath – it behooves us to revisit the significance of the lights of the hanukkiah, as …