Mikez

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Mikez (also Miketz or Mikkez ; Biblical Hebrew מִקֵּץ 'At the end of [two full years]' ) refers to a week segment ( called Parascha or Sidra) of the Torah from Genesis / Bereschit 41–44.17 (41 EU , 42 EU , 43 EU , 44.1–17 EU ).

It is the cider of the fourth Shabbat in the month of Kislev or the first Shabbat in the month of Tevet .

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Pharaoh's dream

Two years after Joseph interpreted his dream for the master baker , two very similar dreams plague the Pharaoh :

In the first dream he is standing by the Nile and seven skinny and seven fat cows rise from the river. Then the seven lean cows eat the seven fat ones. In the second dream seven good ears and seven bad ears appear. The seven bad devour the good. The dream interpreters of the Pharaoh cannot help the ruler. The head cupbearer, however, remembers that Joseph had correctly interpreted his dream and the dream of another prison inmate, and tells the Pharaoh about Joseph's gift of interpreting dreams.

Thereupon the Pharaoh has Joseph called to him. Joseph's interpretation of the dream convinced the pharaoh so much that he gave him the title " Zafenat-Paneach " as a thank you and the right to rule over all of Egypt. In addition, the Pharaoh gives him Asenath to wife and dresses him preciously. Joseph is given the task of making preparations for the famine that he saw in Pharaoh's dreams.

famine

After seven productive years have passed, seven years of drought actually begin. The neighboring countries of Egypt are starving, but in Egypt itself, on Joseph's advice, enough grain was gathered in the previous years to survive the drought. Jacob orders his sons, with the exception of the youngest, Benjamin , to buy grain in Egypt. In Egypt the brothers meet Joseph: he recognizes them, but the brothers do not. Josef claims they are spies and demands that they tell him about their family. As proof that they are not spies, the brothers should bring Benjamin with them next time. On the way home, they discover that the money they used to pay for the grain is in the grain sacks.

Jacob initially does not want Benjamin to move to Egypt with his brothers, but then realizes that there is no way out. Back in Egypt, the brothers introduce Joseph Benjamin. Joseph then invites his brothers to eat with him and gives them presents before they leave. He has a silver cup placed in Benjamin's sack of grain, and after the brothers have left, he sends his caretaker afterwards to accuse Benjamin of stealing the cup. The caretaker and the brothers return to Joseph, who offers the brothers to leave Benjamin behind as Joseph's slave so that the others can return to their father.

Haftara

The associated Haftara is 1. Kings 3:15–4.1 (3.15-28 EU , 4.1 EU ) or on Shabbat Hanukkah Zechariah 2.14-4.7 (2.14-17 EU , 3 EU , 4.1-7 EU ).

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Web links

  • Konstantin Pal: Mikez. Oh how seductive. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, December 22, 2017, accessed April 28, 2018 .
  • Elisa Klapheck : Mikez. Joseph was not a Maccabees. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, December 30, 2016, accessed April 28, 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 53 (414 pp.).