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Parashat Vayigash: “It’s the economy, stupid”
“It’s the economy, stupid” Yosef became the most powerful economic leader of the land. He was an astute economics genius who sustained the population through a devastating famine and ensured the devotion of the entire Egyptian people to Pharoah and his regime. It is interesting that when the Torah describes Yosef’s relationship with […]
American Idealism
An old Polish Jew immigrates to the “Golden Land” – the United States of America. There, he experiences the culture shock of his life. Everything is big, industrialized, impersonal, cold, materialistic… Where is the human passion of the old country? “America!” he spouts the word in disgust as he walks down a busy street. “No […]
Parashat Vayeshev
The moment of confrontation is the “Golden Period” Yosef, a young attractive man all alone in a foreign land, finds himself the focus of the wife of the household in her repeated attempts to seduce him. His first response is to adamantly refuse her advances. Then he goes on to explain the moral […]
Charity is truly an investment!
Two Jews once came to the local Rabbi with a monetary dispute. “He owes me $50!” one claimed. “I know nothing of the sort!” the other argued. The Rabbi ruled that the $50 had to be paid. The defendant began screaming, accusing the Rabbi of unfairness. Surprised, the rabbi turned to the irate man and asked, […]
