Shabbat - 12/15/07 (6 Tevet 5768)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading is -- Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27). Topics in Vayigash: Judah steps forward, Joseph identifies himself and conciliates his brothers, Pharaoh joins in the welcome, Joseph dispenses gifts and sends his brothers off, Jacob receives the news, Jacob undertakes the journey to Joseph, Israel’s descendants journeying to Egypt, The grand total of seventy descendants, Jacob arrives in Egypt, Joseph ensures his family’s settlement in Goshen, Joseph reports his father and brother’s arrival to Pharaoh, Jacob and Pharaoh meet, Joseph and the famine For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation