Category Archives: Uncategorized

Yoseph’s Brother Go to Egypt The seven years of plenty in Egypt come to an end and just as Yoseph predicted, the famine begun. Yoseph had told the Egyptians to store grains in anticipation of the famine, which they did, however all of Egypt’s grain aside from Yoseph’s rotted. The Egyptian people come to PharaohContinue reading “Miketz 4th Aliyah”

Yoseph Rises in the Ranks Pharaoh says that Yoseph is the wise man whom Yoseph spoke of (see the end of yesterday’s Aliyah). So Pharaoh appoints Yoseph to be his right hand man and says that he will be in charge of Pharaoh’s home, people and the land. He says that the only thing thatContinue reading “Miketz, 3rd Aliyah”

Yoseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dream Pharaoh says to Yoseph, I had a dream and no one is able to interpret it and I’ve heard about your reputation for understanding dreams. Yoseph answers that interpreting dreams is beyond his abilities. Rather it is G-d who will reply through him. So Pharaoh relates his dreams to Yoseph, tellingContinue reading “Miketz, 2nd Aliyah”

Pharaoh’s Dream Exactly two years later, Pharaoh has a dream: He is standing by the bank of the Nile river (AKA the “canal”. Side note, the Nile was the only river which was referred to as a canal since all the other rivers were fed by it as rain did not fall as regularly inContinue reading “MiKetz 1st Aliyah”

Yosef in Prison One day, the King finds a fly in his cup of spiced wine and a pebble in his fine bread. He throws the royal cupbearer and baker in jail as punishment. They end up in the same prison as Yosef, and the chamberlain of the butchers appoints Yosef to be with themContinue reading “VaYeshev 7th Aliyah”

Yosef and Potiphar’s Wife Potiphar’s wife sets eyes on Yosef and tries to sleep with him. Yosef refuses on the assertion that Potiphar left all of his belongings in Yosef’s custody and she was the one thing which was denied to him and he did not want to sin against G-d in that way. ItContinue reading “VaYeshev 6th Aliyah”

Potiphar We now return to the story of Yosef. As mentioned, one of the reasons Yehuda’s story is mixed in between the story of Yosef is because it was because of how Yehuda dealt with Yosef that he fell from his leadership position amongst the brothers. Another reason involves the story which is to followContinue reading “VaYeshev, 5th Aliyah”

Yehudah and Tamar This portion tells the story of Yehuda and Tamar. Even though it appears right after the story of Yosef being sold by his brothers, it most likely didn’t happen right after that (Chumash is often not chronological). Nevertheless, the Chumash juxtaposes this story with the story of Yosef to highlight the factContinue reading “Vayeshev – 4th Aliyah”

Joseph is sold by his brothers. Jacob mourns his “death”. Joseph arrives in Egypt. When Joseph gets to his brothers, they strip off his woolen robe as well as his undergarments. They throw him into a pit that contains snakes and scorpions (but no water). The brothers sit down to eat and see a caravanContinue reading “VaYeshev, 3rd Aliyah”

Welcome to my blog where I share my notes from my daily study of Chumash. Feel free to add any additional thoughts, corrections or teaching in the comments to posts.