Parshas Mikeitz Shabbos Times Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Plag HaMincha 7:08pm Latest time for Shema 9:35am Candle Lighting 8:22pm Shabbos Ends 9:30pm Shkiya 8:40pm Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Elli and Chana Franck on the occasion of Kovi's Bar-mitzva this Shabbos Mazal Tov to the grandparents Yossi & Sara Franck and Mimi Ernst Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Brocha Hurwitz on the occasion of Dovy's Aufruf this week Mazal Tov to the grandparents Ian and Rhona Schmullian Shaarei Shabbos Riddles 1. Name four people in Sefer Bereishis whose names consist of two words. 2. Which two pieces of jewellery are in this parsha? 3. What 3 vocations appear in this parsha, but nowhere else in the Torah? 4. What object appears in this parsha 15 times, but does not appear anywhere else in Tanach? Short Vort on the Parsha Pharaoh dreamt two dreams and although he related them to the wisest men in Egypt, he failed to receive a satisfying interpretation. Subsequently, the Sar HaMashkim informed him that two years earlier Yosef had correctly interpreted two dreams, and Pharaoh immediately had Yosef brought to the palace. When Yosef arrived Pharaoh said, "I heard it said about you that you can hear a dream to interpret it" (Bereishis 41, 15). Rashi explains "you can hear a dream" to mean that you listen and understand a dream, thus enabling you to interpret it." Rav Wolbe comments that we can glean an important lesson from this Rashi. Many people respond without understanding - and often without even listening - to what was said to them! They are so quick to dispense their wisdom, to the point that they have already formulated a response before their friend even finished his question or comment. Rashi is informing us that a proper reply can only be given after a person listens and understands what the person in front of him is trying to say.