41:32). Miketz often falls on Shabbat Hanukkah, when we celebrate another story of unlikely defeat over an entity much stronger and larger than ourselves – the Maccabean defeat of the Greek ...

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In this week’s Torah portion, Miketz, Joseph is quickly brought out of prison to interpret the dreams of Pharaoh. He is so impressed by Joseph’s astute interpretation of the dreams ...

4:17 p.m. NYC E.S.T. Sabbath Ends: 5:22 p.m. NYC E.S.T. Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 5:49 p.m. NYC E.S.T. Rambam Yomi: Hilchos Keniyah u’’Matana chap. 10-12 Earliest ...

"And may G-d...grant you sympathy (rachamim) in the presence of the man that he may let your other brother and Binyamin go" (Bereishis 43:14). What is rachamim and how does it differ from rachmanus?

This response is prompted by Joseph’s plan which was seen as “good in the eyes of Pharaoh…” Then Joseph’s entire situation flips from imprisoned slave to ruler of all of Egypt. It’s ...

At the beginning of Parshat Miketz, the Torah tells us all the details of the two dreams of the king. Then we’re told how Yosef was suddenly elevated to stand in the presence of the king.