At the core of Parashat Vayechi are Jacob’s dying blessings for his sons. Actually the word ‘blessings’ here is a misnomer, or at the very least a deep irony, as most of Jacob’s words contain some extremely blunt feedback. Jacob...
This week’s parashah is rightly famed for the speech in which Judah stands before the fearsome Viceroy of Egypt to plea for the safety of Benjamin. It contains the moment where the Viceroy finally reveals, “I am Joseph”, and the fam...
In Genesis 41:8, Pharaoh has a disturbed night’s sleep. He calls for his wise men to explain his dreams, but no answer is forthcoming. “And in the morning it was, his spirit was throbbing, he sent and called all Egypt’s magicians an...
