And as every year this Portion is deep into

"Brotherhood Rivalry"

 

We have learned previously of Judah's weaknesses and strengths - in Canaan/Israel

 

And Joseph's failings and powers - within the family - and then as a SLAVE in Egypt

 

But how did the JewishSlaveBoy know or 

Learn to USE HIS SKILLS TO ADVANCE HUMANITY?

 

Joseph (even before he became Assistant Pharoah) converted people to believe in a Unitary  G-d -

 

just as did  Jacob Isaac and Avraham Before Him

 

Is that what got him -Joseph- in trouble with Potifar, the nobleman who bought Joseph as a slave?

Did Potifar's wife come on to Joseph because of his holy teachings?

 

Is that why, at Pharoah's party, they brought the

2 ministers out of prison?

To make fun of the "new Jews?

 

Did they hang the minister that they did because he converted to Israelitish-ness?

 

And the  Pharoah? Were his prophetic dreams just "setting him up" for the Almighty

To introduce Joseph and Judaism to the world?

 

My deepest question here is how did Joseph

The Viceroy of Egypt

Have time to play tricks on his family?

 

Or do we learn from this portion how to

(How He Did)

 

Wake Up Those Who are Caught Up

In Their Own Anger

 

And " See the (Chanukah) light?"

 

Shabbat Shalom Happy Chanukah Light!

 

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz