Yosef in jail
Rashi comments that Yosef had to remain in prison for an additional two years, because he requested that the Sar Hamashkim plea to Pharaoh on his behalf, instead of relying on Hashem. Was Yosef really…
Read more ›Interpreting Pharaoh's dreams is the turning point of the story of Yosef in Parshat Miketz. This is when Yosef is transformed from prisoner to prince. He is appointed viceroy over all Egypt and is soo…
Read more ›Psalm 30, which is recited during shacharit every day during Chanuka, contains striking parallels to the Yosef narrative. Through a close examination of both texts we can learn about the nature of Cha…
Read more ›Almost everything that happens in Joseph’s life falls into two categories: Things done to him, and things he attempts to do on his own. But, in a unique sequence of descriptions, the Torah explicitly …
Read more ›In our parasha, we encounter the tense relationships that developed in the house of Yaakov. The members of Yaakov's family eventually find themselves moving from Canaan to Egypt, and from there the st…
Read more ›Though it may not seem that way, Miketz contains messages of hope. Yosef asked Sar HaMashkim to mention him to Pharaoh. Though years passed before anything happened, he planted the seeds of his own sa…
Read more ›In the end of this week’s parasha, as Yoseif sits in jail in Egypt, God’s divine guidance develops an opportunity for him to attain his release. Par'oh's butler and baker and jailed together with Yose…
Read more ›Parashat Vayeshev tells of Yosef’s imprisonment in an Egyptian dungeon as a result of false charges brought by the wife of Potifar, for whom Yosef had faithfully worked. The Torah describes how Yosef …
Read more ›The final section of Parashat Vayeshev tells of Yosef’s interpretations of the dreams dreamt by the baker and the butler – interpretations that ultimately proved correct, and also led to his release f…
Read more ›Yosef finds favour while he is a slave in Egypt - in Potiphar’s house, and in jail. The text emphasizes again and again how God is helping Yosef. But if this is so, why does God bring Yosef continuall…
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