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Parshas Vayechi

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Here is a quick 15 second summary of parshas vayechi featuring our puppets available for download. Click here to download the adorable sefer beraishis puppets. Our Sefer Shemos puppets are here!  Click here  to download our beautiful puppets and props for the entire Sefer Shemos! Click here for a parsha song. Parsha Summary Yaakov lived in Mitzrayim for 17 years and was very happy surrounded by all his children. It was coming time for Yaakov to pass away and he wanted to bless his children. He called in Yosef with his sons, Menashe and Efraim. Menashe was the firstborn but Yaakov switched his hands and put his right hand on Efraim’s head because Yehoshua would come from Efraim and bring the Jews into Eretz Yisroel. We demonstrated this whole scene and learned to identify our right and left hands. We’ve been using our "Efraim hand" for Shema and to make a bracha. The right hand is more special so we use it to make a bracha unless you’re a lefty.  We learned what the b