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Miketz 5783 - Allowing Our Children to Find Their Own Way
Miketz 5783 - Allowing Our Children to Find Their Own Way
As Yosef rises to power in Egypt, he gets married, and he begins to raise a family. And as he does so we are introduced to his two sons, and the Torah tells us not only their names, but the REASONS behind the names they are given. “וַיִּקְרָא יוֹסֵף אֶת שֵׁם הַבְּכוֹר מְנַשֶּׁה כִּי נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹקים אֶת כָּל עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל בֵּית אָבִי” And Yosef named the eldest one Menashe, for Hashem has helped…