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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
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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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