Mikeitz
(Genesis 41:1-44:17)
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Serving Man or God
by Yehonasan Gefen
The Torah portion begins with Joseph's interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams and his subsequent rise to power in Egypt. On close analysis of the...
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The Chashmonaim and the Miracle Oil
by Rabbi Zvi Belovski
In a famous Gemara, Chazal describe the situation in the Beis HaMikdash at the time of the Chanukah story, after the Greeks had been repelled and...
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The Strong into the Hands of the Weak
by Rabbi Boruch Leff
During most years, the Shabbat of Parshat Mikeitz coincides with the festival of Chanukah. Hence, tens and tens of commentaries have established...
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Chanukah and The Importance of Being Jewish
by Noson Weisz
One of the greatest emotional blows that God can inflict on a believer is a sense of abandonment. The feeling that God is always watching over him...
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The Beauty of Joseph
by Rabbi Ari Kahn
In this Torah portion, Joseph interprets the dreams of the Pharaoh, predicting seven years of plenty and seven years of famine, and as result...
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Thanking God for Misfortune and Deliverance
by Rabbi Zev Leff
Rabbeinu Yona writes in Sha'arei Teshuva: When one receives God's chastisement and as a consequence improves his ways, it is proper for him to...
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Mikeitz 5771
by Dr. Avigdor Bonchek
Our parsha continues the drama of Joseph and his brothers. There is famine in the land of Canaan and Jacob realizes that the only way he and his...
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Chanukah Holiness
by Rabbi Abba Wagensberg
Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! This week's parsha always falls out at the Chanukah season. The Talmud (Shabbat 22a) teaches that the...
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