טאנה נאזאן 2 تنه نزن ۲ .Taneh Nazan 2

SHABAT SHALOM

Paining By Siona Benjamin 

* TORAH and HAFTARAH *

 Fot This Week

PARASHAT

 * MIKETZ * 

Dreamers And Their Worth 

Painting By Yoram Raanan

 Parshat

 * Miketz * 

For * CHILDREN *

 In Video 

 JEWISH WORLD 

NEWS

 Is HE A Friend Of ISRAEL At All?

Sat, 30 November 2013

27th of Kislev, 5774

כ״ז בְּכִּסְלֵו תשע״ד

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Weekly

 * TORAH *

 Study

 Parashat 

* MIKETZ * 

By Nancy Reuben Gre  

Joseph: Benevolent Dictator? 

Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams and 

is appointed to implement Egypt's 

anti-famine plan, which brings him

 into contact with his brothers again.

Joseph Interprets the Dream of Pharaoh 

(19th Century painting by Jean-Adrien Guignet)

Parshat

 * Miketz * 

For Children

 Joseph interprets dreams

Joseph in Egypt 

(painting circa 1517–1518 by Pontormo)

Weekly

 * TORAH *

 Study

 Parashat 

* MIKETZ * 

Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams and 

is appointed to implement Egypt's anti-famine

 plan, which brings him into contact with his

 brothers again.

By Nancy Reuben Greenfield

Jacob Refusing To Let Benjamin Go to Egypt

 (1829 painting by Adolphe Rogers)

  

HARAV  Abraham 

Isaac HaKohen 

* KOOK *

* TORAH * INSTITUTE 

Joseph and Judah (II)

The strife among Jacob's sons centered

 on two conflicting viewpoints vis a vis

the sanctity of the Jewish people. Judah 

felt that we need to act according to the

current reality and that, given the

..... present situation,

Joseph and the Evil Eye

Rabbi Yochanan, the third century scholar,

 had an unusual custom. He would sometimes

 sit down outside the town mikveh (ritual bath). 

This way, he explained, the Jewish women 

........will see me as

Waiting for the Dream

It took a long time, but Joseph's dreams

 eventually came to pass.

How long did it take? Joseph became

 viceroy of Egypt at age thirty, and nine

...... years later (after seven years of plenty and

Interpreting Dreams

The Sages made a remarkable claim regarding

 dreams and their interpretation: "Dreams are

 fulfilled according to the interpretation

" (Berachot 55b). The interpreter has a key

 function in the realization of a

...... dream: his analysis

Joseph’s Steward Finds the 

Cup in Benjamin's Sack 

(1627 painting by 

Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert)

* HAFTARAH *

 for Shabbat Hanukah

 And Beh'alotkhah

Zekhariah 2:14-4:7

The haftarah for Parashat Bha'alotkha and

 Shabbat Hanukkah begins with Zekhariah

 encouraging the people of Judah to rebuild

 the Temple that had been destroyed in 586 BCE.

Sat, 30 November 2013

27th of Kislev, 5774

כ״ז בְּכִּסְלֵו תשע״ד

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