Mikeitz: The chase is on!
When you want money, you run and chase after it. Anything you want, you run after it. Says R’ Meilech Biderman that the word הדלקה עושה מצווה comes from when Yaakov Avinu shouted out מַה פִּשְׁעִי מַה חַטָּאתִי כִּי דָלַקְתָּ אַחֲרָי - ‘why are you r...
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12/30/2016
Mikeitz: Drip a little wax my friend!
Sometimes, we have a heart of stone, and other times we melt like wax. Said the holy Beis Aaron, וְעוֹנֶה לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵת שַׁוְעָם אֵלָיו - When we cry to Hashem and we’re like שעווה - like wax, we’re melting and ready to be formed, that’s...
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12/28/2016
Mikeitz: Chanukah is the time we tell our children: "You're the light I'm bringing into the world"
There are so many broken children. You know, according to halacha the Rema says that when you light your candles it’s נר איש וביתו - that when you’re lighting, you should be lighting for your children too. Said R’ Shloime’le the deepest Torah of a...
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12/25/2016
MIKETZ: ויריצהו מן הבור... שהיה מרוצה מהיותו בתוך הבור... ומכל מה שעבר עליו
ויריצהו מן הבור Was the transformational moment when Yosef accepted and realized that all his flops and situations... Were his gift that turned him into a wise Leader ויריצהו מן הבור... שהיה מרוצה מהיותו בתוך הבור... ומכל מה שעבר עליו 🔥...
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12/08/2015
MIKETZ: HOW DO YOU COME OUT SATISFIED FROM BEING STUCK IN A DUNGEON-BOX??
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12/07/2015
MIKEITZ: YOUR BEST FRIEND PHARAOH
וַיִּשְׁלַח פַּרְעֹה וַיִּקְרָא אֶת יוֹסֵף וַיְרִיצֻהוּ מִן הַבּוֹר - Pharaoh is your biggest enemy in the world, he's trying to tear you down, and he throws you into prison. But you know who eventually takes you out of prison? That same Pharaoh. Tha...
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12/16/2014
MIKEITZ: THERE WAS NEVER A PIT... ONLY A STEPPING STONE
What's the difference between a Tzaddik and us? A Tzaddik has a certain technique - a certain way of thinking. Anything that happens in his life he sees that ultimately it is for his benefit, and it's the reason why G-d wanted him to be that way. ...
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12/16/2014
Parshas Mikeitz \ Chanukah ~ WHAT DRIVES JEWS TO FOREVER BE SEARCHING?
What caused the chashmanaim to even search? Why did they believe they would find anything? ... that itself was the miracle... they realized they themselves are the pach shemen tahor... and that's what forced them to keep on searching... they realize...
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11/29/2013
Parshas Mikeitz \ Chanukah ~ THE MIRACLE WASN'T THAT THE OIL BURNT FOR 8 DAYS...
The story of Chanuka is not about oil burning for 8 days... It's the story of uncovering OUR inner miracle... When we look past our messed up broken jugs of oil - our interpretations of our lives, we find that pach echad shel shemen - that uncontam...
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11/28/2013
Parshas Mikeitz ~ ACCEPTING OUR PAST
Schlepping around grudges from our past, doesn't allow us to live in our Now. Says the holy Izhbitzer: וַיְרִיצֻהוּ מִן הַבּוֹר - Yosef was מרוצה, he was satisfied from his 'Pit-fall' experiences. He carried no resentments, he bore no grudges; he ...
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11/26/2013
Parshas Mikeitz ~ HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WRONG... BUT HE BEGGED FOR MERCY!
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל אָחִיו אֲבָל אֲשֵׁמִים אֲנַחְנוּ עַל אָחִינוּ אֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ צָרַת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּהִתְחַנְנוֹ אֵלֵינוּ וְלֹא שָׁמָעְנוּ עַל כֵּן בָּאָה אֵלֵינוּ הַצָּרָה הַזֹּאת - The brothers reflected... Yosef pleaded with us for mercy, but we ...
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11/25/2013
Parshas Mikeitz ~ WHEN YOU'RE SPIRITUALLY HIGH
וַתַּעֲמֹדְנָה אֵצֶל הַפָּרוֹת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְאֹר - There was a moment in Pharaoh's dream where the fat and scrawny cows co-existed together. All of Pharaoh’s advisors knew that those scrawny cows equal thin hungry years, and they also knew that f...
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11/24/2013