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Podcast: The Weekly Parsha - With Michoel Brooke
Episode: Parshas Vayechi: Rule Yourself First
Description: A crown should go to the strongest, the firstborn, or the loudestāunless the Torah is teaching a different law of power. We open Yaakov's closing blessings and follow the path that leads past Reuven, Shimeon, and Levi to Yehudah, the lion who can lie down. Not because he overwhelms others, but because he governs himself. That shiftāfrom dominance to disciplineābecomes the episodeās heartbeat.We unpack Rashiās luminous reading of āfrom the prey, my son, you rose,ā showing how Judah earns kingship through two costly choices: defusing his brothersā plot against Joseph and admitting fault...