We learn that Yosef was the second in command to Pharaoh in Parshat Miketz, Breisheet 41:41: Pharaoh said to Yosef, “Behold, I have placed you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.” In Breisheet 42:6 we read: Yosef was the ruler (shalit) over the land; he was one...
In Parsha Vayeshev )Breisheet 37:25) after Yosef’s brothers threw him in the pit we read:They sat down to eat bread. They raised their eyes and saw, behold a Yishmaelite caravan was coming from Gilad. Their camels were carrying spices, balsam and lotus,...
In Parshat Miketz (Breisheet 42:5-9) we read:B’nai Yisrael came to buy among the others who came, for there was famine in the Land of C’naan. Yosef was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. Yosef’s...
In Parshat Miketz, Yosef’s brothers still do not know that Pharaoh’s second in command is in fact their brother, who seats them in age order (Breisheet 43:33):They were seated before him, the firstborn according to his seniority and the youngest...
Parshat Miketz begins with Pharoah waking up agitated after having two dreams which he doesn’t understand and which his necromancers are also unable to interpret. Pharaoh’s chief butler recommends Yosef to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams as Yosef had...
In Parshat Miketz, Breisheet 42, Yosef’s brothers (aside from Binyamin) are sent down by their father, Yaakov, to Egypt to bring back food as there is a famine in the Land of C’naan. When they arrive in Egypt, Yosef recognizes them right away, but they...
In Honor of Marigold Warmund’s Bat MitzvahAt the end of Parshat Vayeshev, after Yosef interpreted the chief butler’s dream, he made a request (Breisheet 40:14-15) “Remember me when things go well with you. Please deal kindly with me and mention me...
After Pharaoh chose Yosef to be second in command we read (Breisheet 41:42) “Pharaoh then took off his ring from his hand and he placed it on Yosef’s hand. He dressed him in linen (shesh) garments and put a gold chain (revid) around his...
In Parshat Miketz, when nobody else is able to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams, the chief butler, who has already been out of jail for two years, finally remembers to mention Yoseph to Pharaoh. In Breisheet 41:12 the chief butler tells Pharaoh:...
Parsha Points- Miketz 5770 Watch What You Say! In Parshat Miketz 42:21-22 when Yosef was still concealing his identity and accusing his brothers of being spies we read: “Then they (Yosef’s brothers) said to one another, “Indeed we...
In the beginning of Parshat Miketz (Breisheet 41:1-7), Pharaoh had two dreams that the necromancers and wise men of Egypt could not interpret: Pharaoh was dreaming that behold he was standing over the river, when behold out of the river there emerged seven...
In Parshat Miketz, Yaakov is upset when his sons tell him that they must send Binyamin down to Egypt as well. In Breisheet 43:11, Yaakov tells his sons "If so (if you must return to Egypt with Binyamin), this is what you must do: Take .mezimrat haaaretz. of the...
In Parshat Miketz, the chain of events which would eventually bring Yaakov and his family down to Egypt begins to unfold. Yosef becomes viceroy and saves Egypt and the surrounding countries from famine. The end of the prophecy that God gave Avraham in Parshat...