יש להתבונן במה שסיבב הקב”ה אחר שעמד בנסיון העצום הזה. One must contemplate what God arranged after he (Yosef) withstood this tremendous test. The Sefat Emet opens by asking why, after [...]
במדרש וימאן ויאמר כו’. In the Midrash: “And he refused and said…” The Sefat Emet opens by noting the Midrashic comment on Joseph’s refusal of Potiphar’s wife. דרכו של הקב”ה לבחור [...]
בפסוק נסעו מזה. “In the verse: ‘They traveled from here.’” The Sefat Emet begins by noting the phrase “from here,” hinting at a specific spiritual level referred to as “zeh – this.” בחי’ זה [...]
נסמך פ’ וישב ומחלוקת השבטים אחר תולדות עשו. “The portion of Vayeshev and the conflict of the tribes are placed immediately after the genealogy of Esau.” The Sefat Emet notes the Torah’s [...]
בפסוק נסעו מזה דאיתא משה נתנבא בזה הדבר אספקלריא דנהרא. “In the verse ‘they traveled from there,’ it is taught that Moses prophesied with ‘this word,’ through a clear speculum.” The Sefat Emet [...]
וישב יעקב כו’ אלה תולדות יעקב כו’. “And Jacob dwelled… these are the generations of Jacob…” The Sefat Emet begins by noting the juxtaposition of Jacob’s genealogy with what precedes [...]
וישב בחי’ שבת שעד עתה הי’ עבודות קשות לדחות קליפות עשו ולבן ושכם. “And he dwelled – an aspect of Shabbat, for until now there had been difficult labors to push away the husks of Esau, [...]
וימאן ויאמר הן כו’ וכל כו’ יש לו נתן בידי כו’. Yosef refused the overtures of Potiphar’s wife (Bereishit 39:8-9) “But he refused. He said to his master’s wife, “Look, [...]
אא”ז מו”ר ז”ל הגיד בשם הרה”ק מפרשיסחא ז”ל פי’ ארוממך ה’ כי דליתני לשון הגבהה ולשון דלות. Tehillim (30:2) (traditionally said when lighting the Chanukah [...]
אילו הי’ ראובן יודע כו’. Now if Reuven had known that the Holy One, blessed be He would write about him “And Reuven heard it, and delivered him out of their hand (Genesis [...]
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