Seven Years of Famine

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1. Joseph's Economics

   Rabbi Alex Israel | 36 minutes

   This shiur focuses on the economic policy of Yosef in managing the grain in Egypt during the seven years of famine. The plain text is troubling: Is Yosef manipulating and buying people? Two approaches to the parsha are analyzed: Yosef saves the country while maximizing human dignity - or he has a flawed approach, from which we can learn a different type of lesson.

2. From Breishit to Shmot

   Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

   When Yaakov and family depart for Egypt, are they planning to make Egypt their permanent home, or are they planning just a short visit?

   Yaakov fears that his departure to Egypt may be against God's will or possibly even a threat to his bechira. The unique Korbanot that Yaakov offers in Beer Sheva are thanksgiving for the reunification of the family and the realization of the completion of the twelve tribes.

   God's message to Yaakov reveals the upcoming slavery in Egypt but also the growth of an entire out of the seventy descendants to Egypt.

3. From Food to Calamity to Hope - a Midrash on Yaakov and Grain

   Rabbi David Silverberg

4. Yaakov to his Sons: Do Not Appear Satiated

   Rabbi David Silverberg

5. Seven Cows and Togetherness

   Rabbi David Silverberg

6. Heavily Taxed or Heavily Armed - Yosef's Grain Tactics

   Rabbi David Silverberg

7. A Strange Way for Yaakov to Ask his Sons to Go to Egypt

   Rabbi David Silverberg

8. Yosef's Job Requirements: Intelligence and Wisdom

   Rabbi David Silverberg

9. Did Yaakov Plan to Move to Egypt?

   Rabbi David Silverberg

10. Sheep that Egyptians Exchanged for Grain

    Rabbi David Silverberg