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Bereishit 44:18--47:27

1st Aliya

44:18--44:30

2nd Aliya

44:31--45:7

3rd Aliya

45:8--45:18

4th Aliya

45:19--45:27

5th Aliya

45:28--46:27

6th Aliya

46:28--47:10

7th Aliya

47:11--47:27

 

Haftarah

Y'chezkel 37:15--28

 

Glossary of Names

Binyamin----Benjamin

 

Esav-----Esau

 

Lavan-------Laban

 

Mitzrayim----Egypt

 

Par'oh-----Pharaoh

 

Ya'akov---Jacob

 

Y'chezkel----Ezekiel

 

Y'hudah----Judah

 

Yosef------Joseph

 

Bereishit (Genesis) 44:18...

1st Aliya

"Then Y'hudah approached Yosef and said, "If you please, my lord, viceroy of Mitzrayim, may your servant speak a word in my lord's ear's and let not your anger flare up at your servant--for you are like Par'oh."

Y'hudah knew "how to reach into the depths of Yosef heart." he was able to touch Yosef's heartstrings when he described so poignantly the terrible suffering which his father would endure if Binyamin (Benjamin) was not returned to his family.

 

 

Bereishit (Genesis) 44:31...

2nd Aliya

"...it will happen that when he sees the youth is missing he will die, and your servants will have him brought down hoariness of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave."

There is a Kabbalistically teaching that the one who would die in the incident would be Binyamin. The grief will cause Ya'akov to speak words of death and Binyamin will die. The power of the righteous is so great that even their inadvertent statements come true.

 

 

Bereishit (Genesis) 45:8...

3rd Aliya

"And now: It was not you who sent me here, but G-d; He has made me father to Par'oh, master of his entire household and ruler throughout the entire land of Mitzrayim."

Yosef emphasized to Y'hudah and his brothers until now he held them accountable for their deed of inhumane betrayal, but now he understood G-d's plan for Ya'akov and his entire family--Israel.

 

 

Bereishit (Genesis) 45:19...

4th Aliya

"And you are commanded (to say), 'Do this: Take for yourselves from land of Mitzrayim wagons for your small children and for your wives; transport your father and come."

Par'oh knew Yosef's honesty and integrity was at a peak level. Yosef knew G-d's hand was truly leading him through the path of righteousness. Therefore, Par'oh issued a decree for the royal wagons and supplies traveling toward Canaan are not to be stopped, allowing the caravan to pass without disruption. News traveled fast letting everyone know that Yosef's, the viceroy, father and the entire family are coming to the land of Mitzrayim.

 

 


Bereishit (Genesis) 45:28...

5th Aliya

"And Israel style="font-weight: 400"> said, "How great! My son Yosef still lives! I shall go and see him before I die."

Ya'akov returned to the Divine Presence of his Creator, Blessed be His Name. Even though G-d plummet Ya'akov to success through the trails of Esav, Lavan, and the Canaanites persecution, he is now prepared spiritually and physically to see Yosef.

 

 

 


Bereishit (Genesis) 46:28...

6th Aliya

" He sent Y'hudah ahead of him to Yosef, to prepare ahead of him in Goshen; and they arrived in the region of Goshen."

 

The Midrash interprets that Y'hudah was sent ahead to establish a "House of Study." After all, the Torah is the life line to the Jews--the nation of Israel.

 

 

Bereishit (Genesis) 47:11...

7th Aliya

" So Yosef settled his father and his brothers and he gave them a possession in the land of Mitzrayim in the best part of the region of Ramses, as Par'oh had commanded."

 

As viceroy to Par'oh, Yosef settled his father and their families as full-fledged ownership to the land they lived on.


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