Most Jews know the institution of the minyan as a pillar within Judaism, but few know why 10. While the answer is 10 people, the reason behind why 10 is varied. The 1990s TV show Northern Exposure ...

Wisdom is the rarest of all important human qualities. Observers of the contemporary state of affairs often remark that wisdom, which is especially necessary in this day and age, is now particularly ...

Miketz opens with Joseph rising from the darkness of prison to great light, while Hanukkah celebrates the end of darkness with the Maccabean rise to power. “And at the end of two years, Pharaoh ...

It most often happens that parshas Miketz overlaps with Shabbas Chanukah, and while there are reasons for this that have nothing to do with Chanukah, it is interesting to look for a common theme.

Parashah Miketz is not a story of redemption, nor of success. It is a study in transformation under reversal: what happens to a human being when the conditions that shaped them are violently replaced ...

Our guest this week is Rabbi Jeremy Weisblatt of Temple Ohav Shalom in Allison Part, PA. Rabbi Weisblatt attended Pennsylvania State University, where he graduated from the Schreyer Honors College.

Joseph's life is a whirlwind of human frailties, emerging faith and prophetic destiny. Interestingly, this turbulent life also seems to be always intertwined with clothing . "And Israel loved Joseph ...

So all the world came to Joseph in Egypt to procure rations, for the famine had become severe throughout the world. Now, Bereishis Rabbah, tells us, the Torah uses the word, “sheber,” which means hope ...

Despite the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs having many different interactions and recorded stories of exchanges with non-Jewish people surrounding them, Joseph is the first recorded forebear to have ...