After Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, he said, “Now, do not be angry with yourselves. This was Hashem’s design.” These were comforting words, but although it was Hashem’s design,…
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The Torah relates that Pharaoh told his dream to his soothsayers, but they could not interpret it for him. Rashi says that Pharaoh did not accept their interpretations. They told…
The Torah relates that when Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce Joseph, he adamantly refused. Then he said to her, “My master has entrusted me with everything he owns, and has…
The Torah says that Jacob was afraid of Esau, even though Hashem had promised him, “I will be with you and protect you.” That promise was given when he had…
Jacob reprimanded the shepherds who were sitting idly by the well: “Water the sheep and go graze them.” The shepherds explained that they could not move the boulder that covered…
Isaac and Rebecca’s son, Esau, married two pagan Hittite women, who were a source of agony to his parents, because they indulged in idol worship. The Midrash says that Isaac…
The patriarch Abraham sends his servant, Eliezer, to find a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac. Standing at the well, Eliezer says, “I will ask a young woman for a drink.…
When the angels told Abraham that Sarah would bear a child, she laughed. “How can I bear a child at my age?” G-d revealed to Abraham that Sarah had laughed…
The Torah says that Hashem spoke to Abraham after Lot had separated from him. Lot was not a spiritual person, and as long as Abraham was in his company, he…
The Torah says that the generation of the Flood was destroyed because it was corrupt. The term the Torah uses for “corrupt” is chamas. The Talmud definition of chamas is…