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Destination Machpeila: The Final Voyage of Sefer Bereishis

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: December 28 2020

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Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava:

Ramban, The Avos

Parsha:

Bereishit, Chayei Sara, Vayechi

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Parsha Burst

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Why does Bereishis end with the deaths of Yaacov and Yosef, and with the details of Me'aras ha-Machpeila? Why does Bereishis end "in the middle of the story" of galus Mitzrayim?

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Destination Machpeila: The Final Voyage of Sefer Bereishis

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava:

Ramban, The Avos

Parsha:

Bereishit, Chayei Sara, Vayechi

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Parsha Burst

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Destination Machpeila: The Final Voyage of Sefer Bereishis

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava: Ramban, The Avos Parsha: Bereishit, Chayei Sara, Vayechi

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Parsha Burst

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Additional Materials

Contact Us

About Us

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Machshava:

Ramban, The Avos

Parsha:

Bereishit, Chayei Sara, Vayechi