First Possuk in the Parsha VAYECHI 2006 – 17 GOOD YEARS Posted on by Rabbi Paltiel An excellent entry in our continuing series on the first pasuk of the Parsha – this week on “Vayechi”. Rabbi Paltiel addresses the question of why the last 17 years of Yaakov’s life are separated from his total of 147. Sources include: Rabbenu Bechaye, Tur, Alshich, Abarbanel, Arizal, and two sichos from the Lubavitcher Rebbe (one from chelek tes vav, and one from chelek yud) and a maamar from tof shin mem zion.
47-28. Vayechi Yaakov, First Possuk in the Parsha.