"מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד ה' מִי יָגוּר בְּאָהֳלֶךָ מִי יִשְׁכֹּן בְּהַר קָדְשֶׁךָ: הוֹלֵךְ תָּמִים וּפֹעֵל צֶדֶק וְדֹבֵר אֱמֶת בִּלְבָבוֹ: לֹא רָגַל עַל לְשֹׁנוֹ לֹא עָשָׂה לְרֵעֵהוּ רָעָה וְחֶרְפָּה לֹא נָשָׂא עַל קְרֹבוֹ: נִבְזֶה בְּעֵינָיו נִמְאָס וְאֶת יִרְאֵי ה' יְכַבֵּד נִשְׁבַּע לְהָרַע וְלֹא יָמִר: כַּסְפּוֹ לֹא נָתַן בְּנֶשֶׁךְ וְשֹׁחַד עַל נָקִי לֹא לָקָח עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה לֹא יִמּוֹט לְעוֹלָם" (תהילים ט"ו)

מסכת מכות, דף כ"ג ע"ב

     Commenting on the confrontation between Yehuda and Yosef narrated in the beginning of Parashat Vayigash, the Midrash Tanchuma relates:

At the time when Yehuda and Yosef were quarreling with one another, the ministering angels said to each other: Let us go down and see the ox and lion wrestling with one another.  Normally, the ox is fearful of the lion, but now, the ox and lion continue to wrestle, and there is jealousy between them until Mashiach comes.

המוטיבציה השלילית, הרֶשַׁע, כוחות ההרס והרע שנותנים כוח ותחושת גבהות לאדם על פני זולתו עתידים לחלוף כליל מהעולם. והדבר נכון הן לגבי אומות כאלו ואחרות והן לגבי האדם הפרטי.

We read in Parashat Vayigash of Yaakov's arrival in Egypt and his meeting with Pharaoh, at the conclusion of which Yaakov gives Pharaoh a blessing (47:10).  While the Torah does not specify what kind of blessing this was, Rashi, based on the Midrash, explains that Yaakov blessed Pharaoh that the Nile River should rise and overflow its banks in his presence.  Indeed, Rashi adds, from that point on, whenever Pharaoh would go to the Nile the waters would rise in his honor.  This comment of Rashi should likely be read in conjunction with his comments later in this parasha (47:19), wher

    Among the central questions that have been addressed concerning the story of Yosef and his brothers is why Yosef had not contacted his family upon rising to power in Egypt.  Even assuming he had no possibility of contacting his family while working for Potifar and certainly during his years in the Egyptian prison, once he was appointed viceroy he presumably had the means of sending a message to his grieving father to inform him that he is alive and well.  (The Ramban famously addresses this question in his commentary to Parashat Miketz – 42:21.)

      The Torah in Parashat Vayigash tells of Yaakov's resettlement in Egypt, and we read that along the way from Canaan, he stops in the city of Be'er Sheva where he brings sacrificial offerings to God (46:1).  The Midrash (Bereishit Rabba 94:4) presents a most surprising explanation for the purpose behind this stopover in Be'er Sheva, namely, that Yaakov went there to cut down the trees that his grandfather Avraham had planted many years earlier.  These trees were intended for use in constructing the Mishkan, and Yaakov, who foresaw that his descendants would build the <

    The Torah in Parashat Vayigash lists the names of Yaakov’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who relocated with him from Canaan to Egypt.  Among the names mentioned in this list is “Shaul Ben Ha-kena’anit” – “Shaul, son of the Canaanite woman” – who is included among the sons of Shimon (46:10).