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When Is Mikeitz Read?
/ 2 Tevet 5787
/ 2 Tevet 5788
/ 28 Kislev 5789
Summary
- Joseph interprets Pharaoh's two dreams and predicts seven years of prosperity followed by seven years of famine. (41:1-32)
- Pharaoh places Joseph in charge of food collection and distribution. (41:37-49)
- Joseph marries Asenath, and they have two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. (41:50-52)
- When Joseph's brothers come to Egypt to buy food during the famine, Joseph accuses them of spying. He holds Simeon hostage while the rest of the brothers return to Canaan to retrieve Benjamin for him. (42:3-42:38)
- The brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin and for more food. Joseph continues the test, this time falsely accusing Benjamin of stealing and declaring that Benjamin must remain his slave. (43:1-44:17)
More Mikeitz Commentaries
- Joseph: The (Un)Successful Interpreter
- Learning to Speak Up
- Faith and Belief
- Opening the Window to Inspiration
- Everyone Owns the Words of Torah
- Dream a Little Dream, and Then Interpret It
- Israel in Egypt: From Valued Subjects to Persecuted Minority
- Mikeitz for Teens: Shabbat Sha-raps
- Forgiveness and Reconciliation with the Past
- Joseph the Educator
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Listen to Podcasts About Mikeitz
Listen to Rabbi Rick Jacobs discuss Parashat Mikeitz in these episodes of his podcast, On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah.
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Ten Minutes of Torah: Mikeitz Commentary
Standing Unprotected, Yet Filled with Spirit
By: Rabbi Lea Mühlstein
Mikeitz leaves us with a demanding invitation: to ask what we might see - in ourselves, in God, in our communities.
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