Parsha: Mikketz

The Universal and the Particular (Mikketz 5779)

3rd December 2018

The story of Joseph is one of those rare narratives in Tanach in which a Jew (Israelite/Hebrew) comes to … Read more

11th December 2017

We know that Jews have won a disproportionate number of Nobel Prizes: over twenty per cent of them from a … Read more

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

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