Tears

We will talk about the last strange and slightly tragic encounter between Yosef and his brothers. The brothers worry that Yosef will seek revenge, and the language takes us back to Genesis Chapter 27,…

On Rosh Hashanah, unlike other holidays, the Torah readings and haftara selections do not directly relate to the day’s theme. On Pesach, for example, we read from the Torah the narratives of the Exodu…

We read in Parashat Miketz of Yosef’s harsh treatment of his brothers when they arrived in Egypt to purchase grain. He accused them of spying and ordered them to bring Binyamin from Canaan to prove th…

The description of the final days—and deaths—of Yaakov and Yosef share linguistic and symbolic similarities, but these similarities show that many details are missing in the death of Yosef. Why does h…