parshat Vayeshev

One must take full advantage of the opportunities which G-d sends us, utilizing any and all possible avenues to safeguard our health and improve our lot in life. That is the rule. But Yosef was the exception to the rule!

The land would know many populations and rulers but that would never change its eternal nature of being the Land of Israel. The land is home for Yaakov – the land of his past and his future.

Ya'akov ignores the brothers' hate towards Yosef and sends him to his brothers. He later learns from his mistake and is reluctant to send Binyamin to Egypt.