weekly Torah reading: parashas Vayechi 5782

“Vayechi Yaakov (And Jacob lived).” – Genesis 47:28, JPS 1917 Tanach

The patriarch, Jacob was “gathered to his people” (Genesis 49:29). This phrase points toward the “bundle of life,” wherein the souls of the righteous are wrapped up in the light of G-d in Shomayim (Heaven). Vayechi Yaakov (Jacob lives), for his soul continues to live, basking in the light of G-d until the time of the Tehillas HaMeisim (Resurrection of the Dead), when the souls of the righteous are restored to their bodies.