Yosef's cup in Binyamin's sack

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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. Yehuda vs. Tamar as Background to Yehuda vs. Yosef

   Prof. Jonathan Grossman

   The story of Yehuda and Tamar can be presented as a literary backdrop to the encounter between Yehuda and Yosef, not only because of chiastic similarity, but also because of the perfect analogy between the two images. On the one hand, it highlights Yehuda's identification with Yaakov, the identification of fathers who have lost children and who fear for the fate of their remaining son. On the other hand, it also highlights Yehuda's special quality of putting himself on the line for others: correcting the wrong that he did to Tamar, and illuminating the darkness of Egypt with his great selflessness on behalf of his younger brother.

3. The Importance of Fraternity: Parashat Mikeitz and the Story of Haman

   Rabbi David Silverberg

4. Why Does Yosef Return the Money to the Sacks of the Brothers?

   Rabbi David Silverberg

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   Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky