Torah for the week ahead · November 9–14, 2026 · 5787
Learning with Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
Explore this week’s shiurim, read the Rosh Chodesh, Erev Shabbos, and Shabbos drashos, and download the printable transcripts and source sheets.
Monday night Parsha class · November 9
Esav accuses Yaakov of taking his birthright and his blessing. Yet the Navi identifies Yaakov with emes. How do we reconcile the two? Through Yaakov’s encounters with Esav and Lavan, the shiur explores emes v’yatziv and emes ve’emunah, and asks how we can recognize what Hashem wants when our own instincts point another way.
Rosh Chodesh Kislev & Erev Shabbos Toldos · November 11
What can the people outside our homes see of the Torah we live by? A drash from Goren HaAtad to the windows of Billings, Montana.
Shabbos morning drash · November 14 · Congregational Kiddush
Why did Rivka’s tefillah continue after the pregnancy? A mother’s lifelong prayers for Yaakov illuminate how much there is still to daven for after the first yeshuah.
Printable transcript · 9 pages
Shabbos morning · November 14 · 8:00 AM and 8:50 AM
Why do we say Yitzchak’s bracha as Shabbos ends? Learn what it means to receive a bracha, use it well, and ask Hashem to give again.