The Brothers come to Egypt

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  1. Family Healing

    Rabbi Alex Israel | 38 minutes

    Yosef acts like a hostile stranger when his brothers come to Egypt. Even if one could understand his behavior toward his brothers, he must know that his charade causes pain for Yaakov. How could he do this to his father, and why does Yosef frame Binyamin? Ultimately, the story touches upon mistakes of long ago and offers a chance for renewal and atonement.

  2. Ramban on Parshat Miketz - But We are Guilty For Our Brother

    Rabbi Ezra Bick | 31 minutes

    When the brothers are accused of being spies and one is held hostage in Egypt until the return of the others, their reaction is to see this as punishment for their cruelty to Yosef many years before. They recall that they ignored his pleading to them from the pit. Apparently, they view their passive cruelty as justifying a greater punishment than the sale itself!  

    We compare their view with Ramban’s ideas about the relative value of intentions, personality, and actions as they relate to Avraham’s test during Akeidat Yitzhak, and compare Avraham at the Akeida with the story and transformation of the brothers.  

  3. What has God Done to Us - or Were We Responsible

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  4. From Food to Calamity to Hope - a Midrash on Yaakov and Grain

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  5. Yaakov to his Sons: Do Not Appear Satiated

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  6. Grief at Finding Money in the Sacks

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  7. Why did One Brother Need to Open his Sack Early?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  8. Prisoner or Prisoners: Yosef's Change of Heart

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  9. A Strange Way for Yaakov to Ask his Sons to Go to Egypt

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  10. Accusing the Brothers of Spying

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  11. Yaakov and his Sons: Why Did You Do That?!

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  12. Why did the Brothers Drink?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  13. Yosef's Brothers and Pharaoh: What is Your Profession?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  14. Why Yosef Wanted his Brothers to be Shepherds

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  15. Yosef to the Brothers: Drop the Issue

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  16. The Connections and Sacrifice of the Brothers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  17. Mikketz: Suspects

    Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky