

Parshat Va-Yeishev
Talk about a collision of worlds: Shabbat Mom thinks this week's parsha is the Biblical version of her favorite Brady Bunch episode, the one in which middle-child Jan Brady yells, "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" because she's sick of hearing about her perfect big sister!
Jacob’s sons are furious that their father clearly favors their younger brother Joseph (in fact he "loved him more than any of his brothers"). Jacob's gift to Joseph of an "ornamented tunic" (seen here in the