Miketz — Chabad Springfield

Fighting Famine

The Torah portion of Mikeitz relates how Yosef distributed food to the starving people of the “entire earth” during a time of famine.1 He was able...

Our Parsha - Miketz

Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Miketz.

The Name of the Parsha

The word Mikeitz means "At the end," as in the saying, "the end of days" (Daniel 12:13). In Aramaic the word "days" is almost identical to its He...

The Weekly Aliyot of the Parsha

A short summary of the Torah portion read in the Synagogue on Shabbat.

The tenth and the first

Parshat Mikeitz is the tenth parshah in the Torah. About the tenth there is a verse that says: “The tenth will be dedicated in holiness to God."

The Rebbe's Son and the Chassid

Once, when Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch, the son of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was a young man, he was visiting with his father-in-law in Yanovitc...

Moshiach in the Parsha

Hashem set the time (keitz) in advance for when Yosef would be set free. Hashem also set the time for when everything else will happen. He set the...

The Last Word

Why did Ya'akov say, "Now you lack nothing but prayer," after the brothers had prepared gifts and money? Surely the correct approach would be to...

Children's Corner

"Shimon!" called Rabbi Davidson, the fourth grade teacher. "Please look into your Chumash and pay attention." The teacher's stern tone jolted...