Category Archives: Miketz

When all the food had been used up, Yaakov asked his sons, the brothers of Yosef, to go down to Egypt and bring back “Me’at ochel”, a bit of food. Why so little? The kinderlach said that a tzaddik only … Continue reading →

Why was it necessary for Yosef to go through the whole charade with his brothers? Why could he have not told them straight off that he was their brother? The pasuk says that Yosef remembered his dreams, and therefore spoke … Continue reading →

What was the beauty of Yosef’s interpretation of Paroh’s dreams, so much more than all the other interpretations that Paroh’s  own advisers gave him? Here is a suggestion: cows are protein; (animal products), and wheat; starch. Taken together, this represents … Continue reading →

Yosef called his son Menashe because Hashem had made him forget all his pain and his father’s house. Forgetting his pain is nice, but why would he want to forget his father’s house, and even more, commemorate it? One person … Continue reading →

Rashi tells us that Yaakov knew that there was food in Egypt even without anyone telling him about it. How did he know? Obviously from a Higher source. So Rashi asks: if Yaakov had access to information from Hashem how … Continue reading →

Yaakov told the brothers “Lama Tisra’u?” What does this mean? We quoted the Sforno that the brothers stood around looking at each other. Something needed to be done, but no one wanted to do it. “Lamah tisrau” means “Why are … Continue reading →

We told over the famous Beis Halevy that we think the reason for Yosef being let out of jail was Paroh’s dream. In reality however, it was as the pasuk places it: “And it was at the end of two … Continue reading →

In Paroh’s dream the seven fat cows grazed together at first. Why is that meaningful, why is it mentioned? Perhaps this means that the seven good years weren’t separate from each other; rather they fed on each other and strengthened … Continue reading →