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It happened at the end of two years that Paroh was dreaming…[2] Chazal’s[3] understanding of this verse is confusing. On the one hand, they see… Read More »Geulah on Steroids

This Shabbos, the final day of Chanukah, we read the parsha of Miketz. “Va’y’hee miketz shnasa’yim yamim u’Paroah cholaim {And it was at the end… Read More »Dreams etc.

“…seven cows of beautiful appearance and robust flesh…” (41:2) Pharaoh dreams that as he is standing over the Nile seven cows “y’fos mareh” – “of… Read More »To Fergin or Forget

Our story deals with the holiday of Chanukah. What connection could there be between the story of Chanukah and our parsha?: Parshas Miketz deals with… Read More »Lighting the Menorah

There was no convincing the Egyptian viceroy. Jacob’s sons kept protesting that they had come to Egypt in all innocence to buy grain for their… Read More »A Change of Heart

I have a good friend whose son was at a decision making stage about five years ago. He needed to decide what he would do… Read More »Unsolicited Advice

This week’s parsha follows the miraculous rise of Yosef from the time he is pulled from the pit of an Egyptian jail and transformed to… Read More »A Higher Calling

I have mentioned several times in the past that when Yosef, as Viceroy of Egypt, accused his brothers of being meraglim—spies, it was a coded… Read More »Thinking Deeper

BS”D Volume 39, No. 10 27 Kislev 5785 December 28, 2024 Sponsored by Faith Ginsburg on the yahrzeit of her sister Ann Rita Schwartz (Chana… Read More »Time to Dream

The Chamberlain of the Baker saw that he had interpreted well, so he said to Yosef, “I too! In my dream- behold! Three wicker baskets… Read More »To Prepare… Prepare… Prepare!