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Yossef ben Simcha
However, the Ramban says that when Yosef remembered the dreams, he actually was concerned that they were not being fulfilled… properly. He infers from the first dream that all of Yosef’s brothers were supposed to bow down, while at that time, only ten out of eleven were doing so. Yosef felt so strongly that the dream had to be carried out fully, that he continued the mystery play by forcing Binyamin down to Egypt. He would not have done so if he did not feel a requirement to actively ensure the dreams’ fulfillment. The Ramban understands that Yosef was even convinced that the dreams had to be carried out in order, with all of the brothers first bowing down to him and only then Yaakov joining in doing so.
Let us return to the dreams and try to guess what Yosef understood the significance of the two stages was. In the first dream, the brothers’ sheaves of wheat were bowing down to Yosef’s sheaf. It was Yosef who had control over the region’s supply of grain and they whose grain supply was quickly drying up. It was not to Yosef as Yosef they were bowing down but to the role the disguised Yosef was playing. This explains the Torah’s repetition of the fact that the brothers did not recognize him, which was indeed in line with the first dream, except that it did not include Binyamin.
In the second dream and its fulfillment there were to be two major differences. On one hand, even Yaakov would take part in the bowing and it would be to the revealed Yosef himself (Bereishit 37:9), as we pointed out last week. However, they would bow down from above, from the position of luminaries. In other words, just as Yosef would not subjugate his father to a bowing down of belittlement, once the brothers knew it was Yosef, they too would not belittled but respected as the (less prominent) brothers of the powerful Tzufnat Pa’aneiach. After previously experiencing how helpless this powerful leader could make them feel, they would understand that Yosef’s interest was not to enjoy their weakness but to rise to the historical call of leadership that had been decreed upon him.
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Moreshet Shaul Moreshet Shaul: A Crown and its Scepter – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 294-5
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Chukat "HOW ENTEBBE STOLE THE BICENTENNIAL
The Difference Between Historic & Eternal"
As we approach America's 250th birthday, it's worth remembering her 200th Bicentennial birthday, on Jul. 4th 1976, when Israel "stole the show" by shocking the world & miraculously saving 101 hostages in a foreign continent. As Pres. As Pres. Trump decides which countries get priority in his new Middle-East, it's worth reminding him of the difference between historic events and eternally historic ones. This obviously connects with this week's parsha, as well!
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 6 - The Parable of the King of India
The advantages of testimony over circumstantial evidence or philosophical speculation.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 5- "Proofs of G-d"
This may be the most important class of the entire book, where we finally get to the Jewish proof of the existence of G-d and truth of the Torah. We should follow His own direction where He tells us how to get to Him: through the Nation of Israel: Jewish history, Jewish prophets (and today, prophecies fulfilled), and national reward & punishment towards Am Yisrael.
Ein Aya One Humanity, One Creator, One Jerusalem
Rav Kook innovatively and beautifully explains this aggadeta where our sages say that after Jerusalem was destroyed her cinnamon fragrance is only found locked in a particular kingdom's treasury.
Shlach Lecha "Why So Many Don't Make Aliya?" - Parshat Shlach
This short article deals with the weird phenomena that every single time Am Yisrael is meant to enter the Land of Israel, throughout the Tanach, 2nd Temple and until today, they "chicken out" and look for excuses. What's the problem with this mitzvah that proves so challenging. The article, based on sources, suggests that the difficulties of Eretz Yisrael is precisely her secret and beauty!
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 4
The class deals with Islam and how the Muslim tries convincing the King of the Khazars, and why he was also rejected.
Beha'alotcha JEWISH STATE= GUIDE TO G-DLINESS & SELFLESSNESS
A Jewish State not only is a good idea, but educates us towards selflessness, altruism and G-dliness in our daily lives.
Ein Aya In Zion Even the Smoke of the Bark is Sweet
Just as Jewish nationalism is different from others, so too our capitol of Jerusalem is totally different than other national capitols. Rav Kook beautifully explains the passage in the Talmud that the trees of Yerushalayim were cinnamon trees.