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Parshas Mikaitz

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Parshas Mikaitz (5773)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

The parsha shouts out to us the hashgacha pratis of the Ribbono Shel Olam over us and this should lead to our awareness of this in our own lives. Give praise to Hashem through the Chanukah candles that He reinstate the Torah for us through a great demonstration of His love.

Have a wonderful Shabbos, wonderful Chodesh and a Chanukah of joy.

Parshas Mikaitz (5771)

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Parshas Mikaitz (5771)
By Mordechai Dolinsky

The celebration of Chanukah is not for the miracle of the extension of the light of the Menorah and not for the victory of the physical battle but for the supreme commitment for the inspiration to fulfill the will of Hashem.  In this zechus Hashem showed His Countenance by the revelation of the great Divine light which is manifested in the lights of the Menorah.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and a significant and happy Chanukah.

Parshas Mikaitz – zos Chanukah (5770)

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Parshas Mikaitz – zos Chanukah (5770)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

The key to everything is to connect with Hashem, our Creator, and to commit ourselves to His Will.  This was the essence of the success and the significance of the Hashmonaim, this is the essence of the significance of Rosh Chodesh and the true secret of success of Yosef HaTzaddik.  Let us all cry to Hashem for the true fulfillment of this and to bring the ultimate of success for ourselves and blessings for ourselves and the Redemption for all Klal Yisroel.

A freilichen and fulfilling Chanukah, a Chodesh of bracha and a wonderful Shabbos

Parshas Mikaitz (5769)

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Parshas Mikaitz (5769)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Despite the brothers efforts to degrade Yosef as a slave the realization of his dreams came true in his becoming the shaini lamelech.

The Yevanim wanted and attempted to eradicate the Torah and the fulfillment of mitzvos and not only failed but due to their manipulations we gained the Yom Tov of Chanukah.

Have a wonderful Shabbos, a fulfilling and insightful Chanukah and a new month of redemption for Klal Yisroel.

Parshas Miketz (5762)

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Parshas Miketz (5762)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Often we find the most important lessons from the realm of simplicity.  A cup of olive oil, the juice of the fruit with a wick, with applied proper heat will produce light.  This is one of the most profound lessons in the universe.  An olive, which can be the side course for “shmaltz herring”, can produce light.  We humans can float through life, with bland nothingness or if properly inspired, can produce light.  One can lead a life of complacent nothingness or reach awesome, stupendous spiritual heights.

When one is, as modern terminology phrases, “turned on” properly he can be connected with the Infinite, Elokus.  Yosef interpreted the dreams of Paroh in the absolute truth and it was accepted and palatable to Paroh.  Was he an expert in dream interpreting?  He was lit up, inspired and connected with Hashem the Infinite.

The Chashmonaim went against  the Yevanim—a complete, absolute, utter physical impossibility.   They were turned on and connected with the Infinite, the Light…….

A freilichen Chanukah, a wonderful Shabbos and Good Chodesh for you and all of Klal Yisroel.

Parshas Mikaitz (5761)

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Parshas Mikaitz (5761)
By Mordechai Dolinsky

We find in Chazal the great tzaddik Yosef is criticized for requesting of the Sar HaMashkim to assist him and to be remembered. It is difficult to understand what was so wrong.

This is the parsha of the big ‘yeshua’ of Yosef HaTzaddik.  It is amazing that the whole redemption evolved from the devastating catastrophes that he was afflicted with.  Every step in the anguish fit together as the building blocks of the great salvation.  Yet for sure the ‘yeshua’ was a magnificent manifestation of great miracles.  The great heights of salvation in his promotion to royalty were surely above all “natural” occurrences or expectations.  To begin with the fact that Pharaoh was affected as he was by the dream was itself a miracle.  There was nothing in the nature of the dreams as we find in horror-filled nightmares, that should have caused such a traumatic reaction.

Why didn’t Pharaoh accept the interpretations of the Egyptian experts?  What was the factor that motivated him to accept the interpretation of Yosef with such complete confidence?

The most amazing miracle is grossly overlooked.  The greatest amount of awe and respect Pharaoh acquired towards Yosef for his brilliant interpretation of the dreams can’t account for appointing him and awarding him absolute rule of the nation.

The devastating experiences Yosef went through being sold by his brothers and what preceded it were clearly steps that lead up to the awesome ‘yeshua’.

The unbelievably degrading experience with the wife of Potifar was an unmistakably clear stepping stone to the ‘yeshua’.

The proper outlook and attitude, the true “ovaid HaShem” and “baal bitachon” have when confronted by an undesirable experience is that this unpleasantness is from Hashem, for his benefit, his welfare and ultimate good.  He takes what seems “bad” and looks at it positively by understanding that HaShem has his benefit in mind.  It is surely commendable to see and understand events in this vein.  There are individuals, however, who are way above this and don’t have to overhaul and convert the seemingly “bad” events.  Their clarity and conviction of HaShem as consistently being the pure “maitiv” is so vivid that they see everything only as the pure “hatava” that it is.

Yosef saw, understood, and appreciated the fact that everything was pure goodness and there was no place for making any requests for help.

Sometimes we can see the unraveling of the events before our eyes like a picture emerging from a Polaroid as the pure goodness becomes apparent.

HaShem, open our eyes, we want to always understand and appreciate.