December 27, 2024 | 26 Kislev, 5785 - 2nd Night of Chanukah | Torah Portion: Miketz, Genesis 41:1-44:17 | Haftorah: Kings I 3:15-4:1
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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
To Fergin or Forget
"...seven cows of beautiful appearance and robust flesh..." (41:2)
Pharaoh dreams that as he is standing over the Nile seven cows "y'fos ...read more
Lighting the Menorah
Our story deals with the holiday of Chanukah. What connection could there be between the story of Chanukah and our parsha?:
Parshas Miketz ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Miketz – Chanukah
Jealousy is one of the most destructive feelings that a human being can
possess. Chazal (Pirkei Avos 5:28) count it amongst the three factors ...read more
A Change of Heart
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
Unsolicited Advice
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 for a living. He's a ...read more
A Higher Calling
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 the ...read more
Thinking Deeper
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
Time to Dream
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Volume 39, No. 10
27 Kislev 5785
December 28, 2024
Sponsored by Faith Ginsburg on the yahrzeit of her sister Ann Rita ...read more
To Prepare… Prepare… Prepare!
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 were on my ...read more
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Chapter 1, Law 6(a) – Do We Really Want G-d? Part I
Law 5 (end -- see last week for entire text): Nevertheless, we are commanded to follow the middle path in life. This is the best and most ...read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways: 9-11: From Student to Teacher and a Perfect World
Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
Chapter 1, Law 4(b)-5 – Rational or Crazy?
Law 4 (end -- see last week for entire text)
Any person whose character traits all fall in the center, midway between the extremes, is ...read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways: 5-8: Exhilarating Fear
Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
Chapter 1, Laws 3-4(a) – Reaching Our Own Stars
Law 3
The two extremes of each quality are not the proper and worthy path for one to follow or train himself in. And if a person finds his ...read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 6: Ways 3-4: (3) Explaining to Ourselves (4) Mastering our Surroundings
Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
Chapter 1, Law 2 – Controlling Our Destiny
There is between each extreme of disposition more moderate dispositions, each different from the other. There are some dispositions which a ...read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 6: Ways 1-2: (1) Studying to Transcend; (2) Listening to Change
Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
Chapter 1, Law 1 – The First Commandment: Know Yourself
"There are many types of dispositions known to man, each different from the other, sometimes to an extreme. There is a person who possesses a ...read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways – Introduction
Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
