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Torah and Jewish Idea => Torah and Jewish Idea => Topic started by: muman613 on November 26, 2013, 08:08:45 PM
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Shalom JTF Readers,
This week I am posting the Torah portion early because of the coming Holidays. Wednesday night I will be out with my community for our annual Chanukah event, and I will be tired when I get home... So let us begin looking at the portion named 'Miketz'.
Again the portion is full of a lot of information, drama, and deep meaning. We have the interpretation of Pharoahs dream, the rise of Yosef to the second in command of Egypt, the descent of Yosefs family due to another famine in the land of Canaan. There is another deception, this time of Joseph who's brothers did not recognize him (while he did recognize them).
Let us look at the Chabad 'Parsha in a nutshell' @ http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3213/jewish/Mikeitz-in-a-Nutshell.htm
Joseph’s imprisonment finally ends when Pharaoh dreams of seven fat cows that are swallowed up by seven lean cows, and of seven fat ears of grain swallowed by seven lean ears. Joseph interprets the dreams to mean that seven years of plenty will be followed by seven years of hunger, and advises Pharaoh to store grain during the plentiful years. Pharaoh appoints Joseph governor of Egypt. Joseph marries Asenath, daughter of Potiphar, and they have two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Famine spreads throughout the region, and food can be obtained only in Egypt. Ten of Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt to purchase grain; the youngest, Benjamin, stays home, for Jacob fears for his safety. Joseph recognizes his brothers, but they do not recognize him; he accuses them of being spies, insists that they bring Benjamin to prove that they are who they say they are, and imprisons Simeon as a hostage. Later, they discover that the money they paid for their provisions has been mysteriously returned to them.
Jacob agrees to send Benjamin only after Judah assumes personal and eternal responsibility for him. This time Joseph receives them kindly, releases Simeon, and invites them to an eventful dinner at his home. But then he plants his silver goblet, purportedly imbued with magic powers, in Benjamin’s sack. When the brothers set out for home the next morning, they are pursued, searched, and arrested when the goblet is discovered. Joseph offers to set them free and retain only Benjamin as his slave.
The first video I will post is the one just uploaded by Rabbi Chaim Richman :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC3oHZ-a0sk
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A short though from Rabbi Herschel Finman...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOGQwVljQos
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96u625uZlW0
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Our portion this week appears to be the source of the Gemara which I posted in another thread...
Kiddushin 40a
Imperial [armour] bearers1 guarded me all night.’2 Said they to him, ‘Perhaps you were tempted with immorality and successfully resisted?’ For it was taught: He who is tempted with immorality and successfully resists, a miracle is performed for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4PWwWzTFOY
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The master of hosting guests, Rabbi Machlis from Jerusalem...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agoc2JVuTDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pexosp7dVfg
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Rabbi BenTzion Shafier with his short Shmuz...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAXV5rZgedg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO2RYx2bcS8