Parsha: Mikketz

The Author of Our Lives (Mikketz 5777)

28th December 2016

It was Joseph’s first real attempt to take his fate into his own hands, and it failed. Or so it … Read more

9th December 2015

Something extraordinary happens between last week’s parsha and this week’s. It is almost as if the pause of a week … Read more

15th December 2014

Finally after twenty-two years and many twists and turns, Joseph and his brothers meet. We sense the drama of the … Read more

25th November 2013

In one of the greatest transformations in all literature, Joseph moves in one bound from prisoner to prime minister. What … Read more

24th December 2011

It was Joseph’s first real attempt to take his fate into his own hands, and it failed. Or so it … Read more

4th December 2010

There has been massive debate in Anglo Jewry in the past few weeks as to whether we should take a … Read more

19th December 2009

Joseph is languishing in prison. Then, at the beginning of this week’s sedra, a sequence of events takes place, leading … Read more

27th December 2008

Rarely in the Torah is a sedra break more strategically placed. Last week’s sedra ends with Joseph’s bid for freedom. … Read more

8th December 2007

Pharaoh has two dreams: one about seven lean cows eating seven fat ones, another about seven scorched ears of corn … Read more

23rd December 2006

“Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.” Joseph is now the ruler of Egypt. The famine he … Read more