Vayigash - The Minister of Bread and the Destiny of Yosef

In this shiur, we will discuss the speech of Yosef. Normally people look at the beginning of the Parasha - Yehuda’s speech, but this week we examine something a bit less looked-at:Yosef’s response.

A question central tp the claim of Yosef is: to what extent does Yosef truly believe it when he says "It is God who sent you?" Does he just say this as part of a sense of personal destiny, or to make the brothers feel better?

We look at a parallel scene in Vayehi that takes place after Yaakov’s death, and find a chiastic structure relating to the dreams - with a reversal of events that Yosef recognizes in his own life.