Showing posts with label Mikeitz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mikeitz. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Questioning your hashkafos because of apparent reality.

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I remember reading that Reb Yosef Ber retracted his strong initial opposition to German post-war reparations to Israel. When he  saw how muc...
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Friday, December 18, 2020

Mikeitz: The Amsonis and the word Es

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42:18, Yosef's words to the brothers, ויאמר אלהם יוסף ביום השלישי זאת עשו וחיו את־האלהים אני ירא The holy Talmid Chacham  Harav Shain ha...
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Mikeitz. If you have the podium, Use It!

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 After interpreting Pharaoh's dreams, Yosef forthrightly advised him exactly what needed to be done.   The Or Hachaim points out that Yo...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Mikeitz, Bereishis 41:16. The Nexus of Spiritual and Physical

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This is from Reb Yaakov, with my son R' Mordechai's hesber. Emes L'Yaakov here: מ"א ט"ז בלעדי אלקים יענה את שלום ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Vayeishev, Miketz: Why Yosef Remained in Prison Two Extra Years

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At the end of Vayeishev, Yosef asked the Sar HaMashkim to remember him to Pharaoh, to ask that he be released because he was innocent. The S...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Mikeitz, Bereishis 42:37. Reuven's Guarantee and the Relationship with Grandchildren.

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Shimon was imprisoned in Mitzrayim, and the brothers told Yaakov that they had been warned not to return to Egypt without Binyamin.  When th...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Miketz, Breishis 43:14. The First Acheir: וְשִׁלַּח לָכֶם אֶת אֲחִיכֶם אַחֵר וְאֶת בִּנְיָמִין Also, Chanuka.

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Three parts: Part one, Chanuka. Part Two, Parshas Mikeitz.  Part Three, a complaint about abysmally bad taste. Part I In honor of Chan...
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Saturday, December 8, 2007

Mikeitz, Breishis 43:14. The First "Acheir"

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Yaakov consents to his childrens’ request that he allow them to return to Egypt, despite the danger to Binyamin. He says "may Hashem gr...