
In Parshat Miketz, Yosef tests his brothers one final time. He sends them home with food and secretly places his silver goblet in Binyamin’s bag. When the goblet is discovered, everything collapses. From Yehuda’s perspective, this is the end. Binyamin is about to be taken, his promise to Yaakov is broken, and there is no…

When Hashem took Bnei Yisrael out of Egypt, He did not lead them through the shortest route, derech Eretz Plishtim “ki karov hu” which was the closest and seemingly easiest route. Instead, He took them on a longer, seemingly roundabout journey to prevent them from wanting to turn back out of fear. We often seek…