Parshas Mikaitz

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Parshas Mikaitz (5776)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

There are no words and no way to express the awesome סעיתא דשמיא that Yosef experienced once that the hashgacha, הקב”ה, decided his journey through the tunnel of darkness had ended. The level of his yeshuah, his success, his greatness, was complete immeasurable. Yosef earned it with his mesiras nefesh.

Some of the greatest gifts of Hashem are not always appreciated and their depths and awesomeness are not realized. Paroh’s appointing of Yosef to the position mishneh l’melech is incomprehendable for many reason. It might be a diyuk 41:37 Paroh’s appointment was O.K. for him and his servants—what happened to the chachamim and chartumim? Possibly it was only to his avadim because it made no sense. Yosef earned, Klal Yisroel earned the nissim of Chanukah. We are earning, and let’s keep earning.

Have a wonderful Shaabos. Chanukah and Rosh Chodesh.