Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan - Parashat Miketz

[Music] happy hanukkah good evening tonight is the eighth night of hanukkah and um our sages say that the best thing you can do on hanukkah in general and especially on the eighth night of hanukkah is to learn torah because the the light of the candles represents that hidden light that hashem put away at the beginning of creation because that light was so good and hashem said that the creation the world is not ready for that light yet in the future i will uh bring that light back for the tsadikim for the righteous people and even though that light is hidden we have access to that light through torah within the torah we have light when the person learns tor he has access to that that spiritual light that is hidden for everyone else but the person who learns torah he is tapping into that spiritual reservoir of of that great light and also on hanukkah we have ability to bring down that light in the lights of hanukkah we have burning the light of the first days of creation that is why it's good to look at hanukkah candles to see how they're burning and when you have hanukkah and you're learning torah then you have a square light light square which means you have um a much higher dose of that light coming in to your neshama so on the eighth night of hanukkah when we have the strongest spiritual light coming in and we learn the torah that is the best way to rejuvenate your soul to recharge your soul for the rest of the year and especially for the dark winter that is coming okay so we start parsha and maquettes on page uh of arthro humash in english page 223 and just like hanukkah is a hope is is the glimmer of hope for the jewish people when they fought against the greeks and then finally they recaptured beta mcdush and they came in and they saw that hashem still desires them because they found a jar of oil that was untouched by the the greeks and they lit it and it burned for eight days and eight nights so they saw clearly that hashem loves them and desires their service that was the the hope in the midst of greek exile which would soon be followed by the roman exile so too in parashat maquettes the parshiot that we just read are very difficult sad parshiot where brothers fought with each other they sold joseph we learned about the life of joseph his difficult years in prison and um the parshiot that are following this parsha are also difficult the jewish people are coming to egypt and slowly they become enslaved and they cry out to hashem from pain and suffering but parashat miketz is is a glimmer of hope when the the brothers the brothers meet joseph joseph sees that his dreams are becoming are coming coming uh to life becoming fulfilled and uh joseph is trying to produce um tikkun yosef is trying to to help brothers to fix their sins he's trying to purify them through the test that he's going to design in this week's parsha just like the candles of hanukkah are purifying us and the the all the sufferings that we have throughout ages are because of the incident between the brothers because the the brothers of joseph mistreated him and because joseph did not have enough wisdom to make peace with his brothers the jewish people came to egypt they suffered and eventually we we suffer throughout history because of this incident of brothers fighting with their own brother and and hanukkah was no different on hanukkah as well the jewish people suffered the most from their own brothers those jews who embraced greek philosophy and became greek they fought against judaism the most the greeks could have left us alone but because within greeks there was jewish influence that's what caused the evil decrees and the war which was also a civil war that that the jewish people had to not only fight against greeks but also against evil forces within themselves um but it all stems from the the fight between joseph and his brothers okay now let's start the parsha we finished last week's partial with joseph being in prison for already 10 years after being for a year in the house of patiphar and this partial says it happened at the end of two more years which means now joseph is in prison for 12 years and one year in house of patiphar so joseph is already in uh pre in egypt for 13 years he came to egypt when he was 17 13 years later he is now 30 years old at this point um yeah someone is asking question what do i mean that because of yourself who are suffering it's not because of yourself but rather as it says it takes two to tango it's because of joseph and his brothers joseph's fault in this was that he did not give the benefit of the doubt to his brothers and he shared um information about their behavior with his father without first checking out if his impression is correct and later not realizing that he is hurting the brothers he related to them his dreams [Music] so that was his part in this and of course brothers they became jealous that uh yaakov treats joseph better and uh the fact that yosef is bragging about his dreams which indicate that he is going to rule over the brothers they uh felt that uh he was trying to um damage their image in the eyes of yaakov and he was trying to get rid of them so joseph therefore so brothers therefore felt that they are justified in in killing yourself so again because of this miscommunication and unwillingness to to make peace between brothers and yourself that's why all troubles happened in in jewish nation and one more question yeah so somebody's asking good question wasn't it already predetermined that hashem said to avraham that his children will be slaves in the land not their own yes that's true but it did not have to happen because of the fight between the brothers although the midrash does say that the fact that joseph was sold into slavery in egypt was good for yaakov ultimately because he came to egypt as a nobleman respected as the father of their president however however that was just a an ultimate fortunate outcome of of the sale but um the whole fight and the sale of joseph and joseph suffering in egypt could have been avoided and it's true the the the midrash says that if not for yosef yaakov would have to go to into exile in egypt in chains yes it would have been not good for yaakov but for the jewish people in general it would have been good they would go through the exile in egypt and they would come out and receive the torah and they would become a great nation we are a great nation already but we will become a and a nation that uh did not have fights even while the jewish people were in egypt they were fighting with each other when they came out of egypt they were fighting with each other they made a golden calf because of that and later rebellions and fights and the the temple was destroyed because the jewish people were fighting with each other mainly so again um whatever happens hashem can turn it for the best and for yakov it was for the best but but again it uh it could have been it could have happened in different way and the prophecy would still have been fulfilled okay now two years later paro was dreaming and in the dream he was next to the river why next to the river as we will see later egyptians treated the river as their god and paro said that he is the master of the river paro claimed that the the river is a god and he is a greater god he claimed that he created the river he claimed that um not only he created the river he created the universe and he said he even created himself as absurd as illogical as it may be but egyptians fell for it so hashem sent him a dream specifically by the river saying to him you think the river is a god look what's going to happen with the river and he saw 7 beautiful cows and later from the river came out seven skinny cows and those seven skinny cows devoured the the seven fat cows so it showed him that the river itself is going to produce hunger so don't think the river is a god and then he saw a second dream of a stalk of wheat and this they were on the regular stock there are there is only one ear of grain what is called ear of grain there is a stalk and then on top there is a bunch of of green and this stalk that he saw was special that there was one stalk but from it came out like seven branches this is like another another um hint in the partial to the minor the minority in the beta mcdash had seven branches so here you have a stick with seven branches coming out of it and seven years of grain on a single stock and it was healthy and good and and then from the same stock came seven parched skinny damaged ears of grain and they swallowed up the seven healthy um ears of grain and then powder woke up and he realized this was all a dream a double dream and all the necromancers of egypt and all its wise men could not interpret their dreams to potter and paro was um he realized that something is going to happen so the butler spoke before paro and he said when i was in in a prison there was a with us a hebrew youth and who was a slave of the um chamberlain of the butchers and when we had a dream we didn't know its meaning he interpreted it for us very well and it happened exactly how he said it was and in verse 13 on page 225 he says and it was that just as he interpreted for us so did it happen me he restored to my post and him he hanged the chamberlain of the of the bakers he hung now a question is asked what do you mean me he restored to my post how did joseph restore the butler to his post and him he hanged how did joseph hang the baker you all joseph did was tell them what the meaning of the dreams was why does the butler say that joseph is the one who restored him to his post and he hung the the baker and the answer is that the the butler is teaching us an important um trick a lesson about dreams that dreams go after their interpretation the way the dream will be first interpreted that's the meaning of the dream since joseph interpreted the dream this way it had to happen therefore our sages say if you have a dream make sure to go to somebody who likes you and ask him to interpret your dream this way he will interpret it for you favorably and then your dream will have a favorable meaning and it's an important lesson in general that you should always say good things because you see that whatever you say will happen so sure was the the butler that it was all joseph's uh words that he said that joseph actually did it not paro joseph restored me to my post so we have to keep that in mind and only say good things because whatever we say that's what's going to happen you say good good things will happen to you you you say positive you are happy then happiness and positivity will enter your life now the question is asked why did joseph do it why did he interpret uh butler's dream positively and the baker's dream negatively and in their analysis of the dreams the sages say that joseph saw that the butler had good attitude towards joseph and towards the jewish people and in his dream joseph saw that there was something positive for the jews and as a reward for butler being a good person and thinking good thoughts about joseph and the jewish people he interpreted his dream positively but in the dream of the baker he saw that there was some negative thoughts that the baker had towards joseph and towards the jewish people and therefore joseph interpreted the dream negatively for him okay now we go to verse 14. paro sent and summoned joseph they rushed him from the dungeon and paro said to him i dreamt in dream and nobody can interpret it joseph said god will respond with fa paddles welfare joseph said i'm not taking any um credit i don't interpret dreams on my own but rather hashem inspires me and now paru related his dream to yosef in verses 18 through 24. however if you analyze the dreams you will see that there are some inconsistencies between paro's interpret uh relation of the dream and what he actually saw and uh the commentators say that he changed the dream on purpose he wanted to test joseph to see if he is for real so he told him the dream slightly um changed in a changed way but joseph saw it right through and he told paro about the the mistakes that he made in his uh story and joseph interpreted the dream for para on page 227 verse 25 you also said to para the dream of paro is a single one it's not two dreams it's the same dream in different language and he'll say later why why did hashem send him two dreams with the same message and he said both dreams are describing what's going to be in the next seven years there's gonna be plenty great wealth and the following seven years represented by the seven skinny cows and the seven uh bad ears of grain are going to be the seven years of famine and in verse 29 joseph now um says what paro should do first he says seven years are coming a great abundance then seven years of famine will arise after them why did hashem give you the dream twice in verse 32 as for the repetition of the dream to para two times it is because the matter stands ready before god and god is hastening to accomplish it if a person does not um pay attention to the dream hashem repeats it or if the message is urgent he repeats it twice like when hashem spoke to avraham he said avraham avraham in order to stop him from killing his son it's hack or when hashem spoke to okay let's not give out the examples now in verse 33 yosef gives advice which part didn't ask him for now let paro seek out a discerning and wise man and send him over the land of egypt and um let them gather all the food of those approaching good years and let them amass grain under paddles authority in special food storage cities so that this food will be used during the years of famine now we go to page 229. the meta appeared good in power's eyes and para said could we find another a man whom the spirit there is the spirit of god pharaoh was shocked that joseph figured out what he what his real dream was even though power lied to him and he was impressed that joseph not only gave the interpretation but he also provided an advice for preparation for the famine and paro said to yourself since god has informed you of all this discerning and wise is you you shall be in charge of my palace and by your command shall all my people be sustained verse 42 and paro removed his ring from his hand and put it on joseph's hand joseph's um name was changed to avreh and also tsafnat panera that's in verse 45. what does it mean comes from two words means the father and means king just like in even in german means means monarchy so avreh means he's the father of the king which means he's the manager of the king he is the grand vizier he is the prime minister of the king he is the right-hand man of the king that's avreh so why is it called abraham no yeah because avrez is a very important name avreh means the manager the the prime minister um means the person upon whom the entire world depends like paro said through you will they will all my people be sustained um another interpretation of the word avreh is of means he's like a father figure and also he is means soft which means he's young he's young but he's already behaving like a father he is wise so that's another reason why a yeshiva student who is married a young yeshiva married student is called avreh because he's young but at the same time he behaves like a sage because he chose the best profession for himself he chose to gain wisdom that will be of help for his family and for his community so he's behaving in a very mature way he's choosing to learn torah that's why we call him he's young but yet he is a patriarch so another name for joseph is saf not panera which means he reveals hidden things because of his ability to interpret the dreams and at the end of verse 45 paro gave him ostnat the daughter of potiphara for a wife now this osnat some say was the daughter of dina so she was really jewish because her mother was jewish dina and she was adopted by potiphar because he couldn't have uh children because in order to be a minister in in paro's court they had to be castrated and therefore they couldn't have children so he adopted us not a whole story in the midrash of um how she came to egypt but hashem caused the whole thing to happen and she was available at the exact moment when joseph needed to get married and he got married to osnak and now joseph emerged in charge of the land of egypt joseph was 30 years old when he stood in front of paro now verse 47 and going on to page 231 the earth produced during the seven years of abundance by the handful and joseph gathered all food of the seven years and he placed food in the cities joseph amassed grain like the sand of the sea in great abundance verse 50 joseph had two sons before the famine started which means in the next seven years joseph had two sons one he called me coming from the the word forgetfulness explaining it god has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's household that now finally i have good life i'm um free i'm in charge of the whole country i have a wife and i have children now it's a little bit easier to forget the pain of the last of the last 13 years and the name of the second one was ephraim and he explained it from the word peru means to be fruitful god has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering verse 54 and the seven years of famine began approaching just as joseph has said and all the lands around egypt had famine first but in all the land of egypt there was bread because joseph prepared egypt however soon after all the land of egypt also hungered and the people cried out to power for bread so para said to them go to yosef they went to the joseph and joseph told them you have to do circumcision you have to do british milan and they say what we're going to be like uh like the hebrews we should do the british [Music] all of a sudden such a strange request we're not doing it they went back to para and they said uh he's asking us uh crazy things can we please have bread and para said what happened to your bread weren't you aware that famine is coming didn't you save food and they said yes for sure we saved so what happened to it and they said it all got rotten ruined so paro said in such a case you have to listen to yourself because yourself has such power of his uh words he said that your grain should rot and it rotted he don't take a risk he might say that all egyptians should die and all egyptians will die quickly go and do everything he says so all egyptians went ahead and circumcised themselves before asking for food why did yourself do it because he knew that eventually his brothers according to the dream are going to come to egypt and he didn't want the egyptians to make fun of the brothers that they are foreigners that they are um illegal aliens and they don't have rights so joseph made sure that all egyptians were circumcised just like the brothers and in addition later in the parsha we will learn that that joseph bought all the land in egypt all the animals and therefore he he moved egyptians around and joseph joseph um didn't want the egyptians to stay in the land even though he bought it from them he allowed them to to to continue farming not as slaves but as free people with just paying um the government 20 but he didn't want them to stay in their own land because eventually they'll feel that it's their land and then when the jewish people come they'll call them that they are um coming into their land they are aliens so he moved all egyptians around so that when the jewish people came everybody felt strangers uh in the land not their own and so the jewish people would feel the same as everyone else what i told you about the brit milan is not in the literal um words of the parsha but it is in the midrash okay now joseph opened all the containers and sold provisions to egypt verse 57 and all the earth came to egypt to joseph to buy provisions for the famine had become severe in all the earth page 233 yaakov said to his sons verse 2 behold i have heard that there are provisions in egypt go down there and purchase for us from there that we may live and not die so joseph's brothers ten of them went down to buy grain from egypt but binyamin joseon's did not send along with his brothers because he was the youngest even though binyamin at this moment um by the way this is already seven years after the the plenty and plus another two years so this is nine years later yourself is now uh 39 and binyamin is about seven years younger seven or eight years younger than yourself so binyamin is only about 31 32 but he's already a grown-up man but still yaakov feels that he wants to keep the youngest son next to him now joseph verse 6 he was the viceroy over the land he was the provider to all the people of the land joseph's brothers came and they bowed to him faces to the ground joseph saw the brother his brothers and he recognized them but he acted like a stranger towards them and spoke to them harshly so he recognized them but they didn't recognize him why that is for two reasons at least number one is because when joseph left he was 17 years old at 17 he only had a a a a little bit of facial hair his beard did not grow fully yet now his spirit is fully grown so brothers don't recognize him whereas when he left his brothers were all older than him so they all had beards already and now 22 years later they still young in their late 30s and early 40s so they're still young still black beards and so he recognizes them they look exactly the same as when he left them that's the reason number one reason number two is because joseph is expecting the brothers to come he knows that the famine is in the whole land and that people from all over are coming so he knows eventually his brother is also going to come and he also knows that the dream requires that they come and bow down before him so he's looking out for them but they're not looking out for him because they think that he's a slave and maybe he's long dead they would not dream to look in the viceroy in the prime minister to look for yourself they thought we'll go to slave markets we'll go to plantations and we'll look for yosef there now he told them on page 235 he said to them you are spies to see the land's nakedness have you come to see the weakness of the land to from which part you can attack it now an important question is being asked if dreams go after the interpretation why did joseph interpret his dreams in such a way that even his father will bow down to him and if we look carefully in the last week's torah portion we will see that that's not the case josef did not interpret his dreams he just saw the dreams who interpreted joseph's dreams his brothers joseph came to his brothers and he happily related his dreams to them leaving his destiny in their hands at that moment brothers had opportunity to interpret the dreams in a positive way and they failed to do it the brothers could have said oh you saw a dream that 11 stars abound down to you and the sun and the moon you saw the dream that 11 bundles are bound down to you to your bundle all that means is that we are going to be sitting in yeshiva and learning torah and you'll be in the in the world doing business and you'll be supporting us so we'll be bound down to you as a thank you for supporting us they could have interpreted the dream in a positive way but because they hated him they interpreted their dream in a negative way and they said oh you know what the dreams mean it means that we're gonna bow down to you and our father is gonna bow down to you or you're gonna rule over us that's exactly what happened so that's another uh time when we see that the dream went exactly according to the way it was interpreted um so they in verse 10 on page 235 the brothers answered him no my lord your servants have come to buy food we are sons of one man we're truthful people we have never been spies and they said not only that we all have one father and we have also another brother the youngest one with our father and we had another one who is gone so they told him we want to prove to you that we are honest so we will even tell you information about our family private information and joseph used this opportunity to promote his claim it is just as i have declared to you you are spies by this shall you be tested by paro's life you will not leave here unless your youngest brother comes here send one of you and bring your youngest brother otherwise it's all stories and you are spies and he put them all in prison for three days and on the third day joseph said to them do this and then you will be able to live because i fear god if you are truthful let one of your brothers so now he is showing them more leniency until now he said let one brother go and 11 and nine will be imprisoned until he comes back now he said all of you can go only one of you i will keep and bring your youngest brother to me so your words will be verified and you will not die page 237 they then said to one another [Music] indeed we are guilty concerning our brother in as much as we saw his heart felt anguish when he pleaded with us and we paid no heed that is why this anguish has come upon us so they're now doing they are regretting that they were not merciful when joseph was crying and reuven spoke to them and said didn't i tell you not to kill him and you didn't listen to me now his blood is being avenged they didn't know that joseph understood them because there was an interpreter between them so joseph was so touched by what he heard that of their sincere to shiva that he turned away from them and wept and then he returned to to them and he took shimon from them and imprisoned him before his eye their eyes he specifically took shiman because shimon was the one who uh together with levy were against joseph as we said in at the beginning of last week's torah portion that out of all the brothers there were only two that were actually against joseph only shimon and levi all the other brothers sympathized with yourself and wanted to help but just because of their fear that they they will be ignored they stayed quiet only yehuda and reuven said something but even they were scared to say it fully so they limited their attempt that's why reuven only said let's put him in a pit instead of killing him and ruben was hoping to come and secretly take him out of the pit but ruben was afraid to say it openly and you would also instead of just saying let's return him to the father he said let's sell him instead of killing so uh joseph knew that it's shimon and levi who were the ones that actually sold him so he said i'm going to divide them so that they don't think of another um trouble and also as a atonement for shimon that human should suffer a little bit as atonement for his deeds joseph commanded that their vessels be filled with grain and that their money should be secretly put into their bags this is going to be part of their next test they loaded their purchase onto their donkeys and departed from there and when one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey he saw that his money was there and they were shocked they understood that now they are very vulnerable they might be accused of of theft or of not paying and they said they they turned trembling to one to another and said what is this that god has done to us again they realize that it's not egyptians it's not joseph it's hashem between them and hashem if hashem doesn't want nobody is going to be able to hurt them that's why when they're in trouble they do to shiva when they're in trouble they say what is hashem doing to us they came to yaakov and they told him of all that had happened to them verse 33. then the man the lord of the land said to us by this i will ascertain whether you're truthful people verse 34 bring your youngest brother to me and i will know that you are not spies and i will restore your brother to you and you will be free to circulate about the land and as they were emptying their sacks everyone found money their bundle of money in their sacks when they and their father saw their bundles of money they were terrified their father yaakov said to them i'm the one whom you believed bereaved means a person who lost his children joseph is gone shaman is gone and now you want to take away binyamin upon me has it all fallen the roof tried to convince his father to let binyamin go with him he said put him in my care and i will return him to you but yaakov said my son shall not go down with you his brother is dead and he is alone left to me from rahim should a disaster fall before him on the journey which you shall take then you will have brought down my white hair in sorrow to the grave but the famine continued to be strong in the land and they finished eating all the provisions and now yehuda speaks to yaakov again and he says on the in on page 241 verse four if you if you are ready to send our brother with us we will go down and buy you food and in verse eight yehuda offers to protect binyamin yehuda said to israel his father send the lad with me verse 9 i will personally guarantee him of my own hand you can demand him if i do not bring him back to you and stand him before you then i will have sinned to you for all time yehuda is is willing to give up not only his life in this world but he's putting even his on the line verse 11 israel their father said to them if it must be so then do this take of the land's glory in your package and bring it down to the man as a tribute a bit of balsam a bit of honey wax lotus pistachios and almonds as a gift to yourself and take with you double money to return what was put in your bags maybe it was a mistake a plus to pay for new food verse 13 take your brother and arise return to the man and may el shaddai which is the name of hashem grant you mercy before the man that he may release to you your other brother as well as benign he meant shimon and binyamin but it was a prophecy your other brother as well that may yourself also come back now page 243 verse 16 joseph saw binyamin with them so he said to the one in charge of his house who was his son bring the man into the house have meat slaughtered and prepared for with me will these men die at noon so they were brought to joseph's house but the man became frightened when they were brought to joseph's house and they said because of the money replaced in our sex originally we're being brought so that a charge can be fabricated against us so they approach them the man who was in charge of joseph's house minuscule son of joseph and spoke to him and they said if you please my lord and they they told him the whole story that they were falsely accused and that they are honest and they just brought food and they saw that the money was put back in their bags and menasha calms them down and says peace with you fear not your god and the god of your father has put a hidden treasure in your thanks your payment reached me and he brought shimon out to them so he reassures them this was again at a plot of yosef that they should feel safe and then joseph can test them again page 245 when joseph came to the house they brought the tribute that was in their hands to him and they prostrated themselves to him now the dream is fulfilled that 11 brothers bowed down that's the first dream when uh that 11 bundles of of uh wheat bow down to joseph's bundle so 11 brothers prostrate themselves to joseph toward the ground verse 29 then he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother binyamin his mother's son so he said is this your little brother of whom you spoke to me and he said god be gracious to you my son and joseph rushed because his compassion for his brother had been stirred and he wanted to cry so he went into the room and wept there privately then he washed his face and went out and said serve food they served him separately and the brothers separately and the egyptians who ate with him separately and that was because egyptians could not bear to eat food with the hebrews because egyptians don't eat meat because they serve animals egyptians were vegetarians because they served sheep and cows they were gods for them just like in india and the hebrews ate meat they were shepherds and the egyptians it looked like they're eating their gods the brothers didn't realize anything wrong even though joseph was eating separately they felt that just out of his nobility his eating separately but the true reason was because he also was a hebrew and egyptians knew it and they were seated before yosef the firstborn according to his seniority and the youngest according to his youth and they looked at each other in astonishment how does joseph know our ages he put us all 11 brothers in exact order of age they drank and became intoxicated with him it says that for the last 22 years not joseph and not the brothers drank any wine this was the first time they drank together and became intoxicated page then josef instructed the one in charge of his house saying fill the man's sacks with as much food as they can carry and again put their money back into the sex and put my goblet my silver cup in the sack of the youngest brother benian in the morning they left and joseph said to the one in charge of his house get up chase after them after the man overtake them and say to them why did you repay evil for good is this not the cup from which my master drinks and with which he regularly divides which means he does witchcraft and he predicts future with this cup you have done evil in how you acted he overtook them and spoke these words to them and they said to him why does my lord say such things we would never do such a thing look even the money that we found last time we brought back to egypt why would we steal anything anyone among your servants with whom it is found shall die they said just like yaakov lavan accused yakov of of stealing yakov said if you find your stuff that person will die that's how strong they were about not stealing they all all lower their sacks to the ground and open them and they were surprised because each one found money in the sack which was already not a good sign the money that was supposed to be paid to the treasury of egypt is in your bag and the goblet was found in binyamin's sack they rent their garments they reloaded their donkeys and returned to the city and this is a test will they accuse binyamin of theft will they allow binyamin to remain a slave in egypt and that would show that they don't care about raphael's children and the reason why they fought yosef was because he was rahul's son or will they fight for binyamin and not allow him to stay in egypt as a slave and that will show joseph that either they repented they did to shiva and now they protect rachel's children or that originally they had nothing against russia's children it was just because of joseph's behavior his um and his thoughtless dream telling that is why they were against him nothing to do with rafal and nothing to do with binyamin so when yehuda arrived with his brothers to joseph's house he also was still there they fell to the ground before him jose said to them what is this deed that you have done do you not realize that a man like me practices divination so you would have said what can we say to my lord how can we speak and how can we justify ourselves god has uncovered the sin of your servants again they realize that no man can hurt them only god here we are we are ready to be slaves to my lord both we and the one in whose hand the goblet was found yehuda was so embarrassed and it was so unlike the jewish people jewish people are not known for being robbers and and thieves he said it's such a shame for our family we're willing to be slaves but joseph replied it would be religious for me to do this only the man in whose possession the goblet was found only he shall be my slave and as for you go up in peace to your father so here joseph is presenting them with a test binyamin will stay you can go will you leave binyamin will you say oh yes he is a thief just like his mother rafael stole the idols of her father he's probably is this the same or will you fight for him and thank god in the next week's torah portion we will see that they did not abandon binyamin they fought for him they passed the test thank you for joining me happy hanukkah and shabbat shalom [Music]