PARSHA POSTS: MIKETZ

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Jan 13, 2025, 8:28 AM

Family Conflict through the Mediator’s Lens: A Wrap Up

Jacob & Family courtesy BibleFunforKids

Over the last three weeks, the weekly Parshahs have taken us through the story of Joseph and the relationship he has had with his family. The Torah portions of Vayeshev, Miketz, and Vayechi provide profound insights into family dynamics...

Jan 7, 2025, 9:06 PM

Shining our Light Upon the Nations

Our Destiny is Not Written For Us—But By Us We Jews have a special appreciation for drinks of different kinds. Every Jewish holiday has a unique liquid with which we celebrate it: On Rosh Hashana, honey; on Purim, alcohol. On Pesach, it’s wine,...

Dec 29, 2024, 12:24 PM

The Author of Our Lives (Mikketz, Covenant & Conversation)

It was Joseph’s first real attempt to take his fate into his own hands, and it failed. Or so it seemed. Consider the story so far, as set out in last week’s Parsha. Almost everything that happens in Joseph’s life...

Dec 27, 2024, 6:50 PM

Parshah through the Lens of a Mediator: Miketz

Joseph’s Deception and the Continuation of Family Conflict In this week’s Parshah, Miketz, to be read on December 28, 2024 (27th of Kislev, 5785), Joseph is freed from prison by the Pharaoh after he interprets the Pharoah’s dreams to mean...

William Hamilton

Dec 27, 2024, 5:31 PM

‘Self-motivators are Great Storytellers’

Darkness sometimes helps light do its job. The sages say, if you light a match at midday, in broad daylight, it won’t have the brightening effect it does when you light it at midnight. This doesn’t mean dark times...

Dec 27, 2024, 3:25 PM

Parsha and Humanity: Miketz – No Good Deed goes Unpunished

The pathology of antisemitism has been an enduring thread in the fabric of human history for thousands of years. Its patterns can be traced as far back as the biblical story of Joseph in Egypt. Wherever Joseph went, he...

Dec 27, 2024, 3:24 PM

Forging the Hero Within: Yosef’s Journey Through Chaos and Redemption

Rabbi Yonasan Bender, LCSW - Therapist Where do heroes come from? There are many ways to take this sort of question. With hope – in your hardest moments you look in the proverbial distance for the loyal rider on his...

Dec 27, 2024, 1:35 AM

Miketz: Prevailing in Dreams and Reality

Yosef’s story is characterised by dreams – his own dreams, his ability to interpret the dreams of others, and his insight in implementing those dreams in reality. In Vayeshev, we hear of his dreams – dreams of his brothers’...

Daniel G. Saunders

Dec 26, 2024, 11:46 PM

Miketz: The Brothers

We’re right in the middle of the story of Yosef (Joseph) and his brothers, a story that takes up about a third of the book of Bereshit (Genesis) and is probably the longest narrative in Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). As...

Dec 26, 2024, 11:27 PM

Brothers in Alms

Last week we were captivated by the response of Joseph to the Ish, the mystical person he encountered when he had lost his way. When asked what do you seek, he responds; “My Bothers!” There is a staggering visualization...

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