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Dimensions in Chumash — Mikeitz 5781

Выпуск: Dimensions in Chumash — Mikeitz 5781. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2021 / 5782 DIMENSIONS IN CHUMASH PARSHAS MIKETZ Two Additional Years ‫וַ יְ הִ י מִ ֵקץ שְ נָ ַתיִ ם יָ מִ ים‬ It happened at the end of two years1 Our parsha begins two years after Yosef made his request to the chief butler to remember him to Pharaoh. 2 Pharaoh’s Dreams – And the Day Yosef was Remembered ‫וַ יְ הִ י מִ ֵקץ שְ נָ ַתיִ ם יָ מִ ים ּופַ ְרעֹה חֹלֵ ם‬ It happened at the end of two years, and Pharaoh was dreaming4 The beginning of our parsha relates how, two years after the chief butler was released from prison, Pharaoh had dreams that no one could interpret, at which point the chief butler recalled Yosef who had interpreted his dreams and recommended that he be brought before Pharaoh. Accordingly, when the later verse says that in the morning he called all the wise men of Egypt, this describes the scene that would take every morning during those two years, over the course of which Pharaoh had opportunity to hear from all the wise men in the land, none of whom could successfully interpret the dreams. We can only imagine how many hundreds, if not thousands, of wise men existed throughout the Land of Egypt; yet the verse says that Pharaoh was able to assemble them all – as well as to hear all their interpretations – within one morning! We now appreciate the full impact of the idea that the chief butler “did not remember Yosef”, for throughout these entire two years when Pharaoh was in dire need of assistance, the idea of Yosef as a worthy candidate eluded him. The final verse of last week’s parsha informs us that whereas Yosef asked the chief butler to remember him to Pharaoh, the latter forgot about Yosef for two years, remembering him only two years later. Verse 8 states that in the morning, Pharaoh was agitated concerning his dreams, whereupon he sent for “all the magicians and wise men in Egypt” to tell them his dreams, yet none could interpret them to Pharaoh’s satisfaction. Surely we do not expect that the chief butler’s relationship with Pharaoh was such that purely apropos of nothing he could just mention that there was someone in jail whom he recommended should be released. The question is: Barring Pharaoh requiring Yosef’s services – such as now when he has had these obscure

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Dimensions in Chumash

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2 декабря 2021 г.

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