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Vayigash

Pharaoh’s visions weren’t meant to save,

In the way that we might think,

He turned all Egypt into slaves,

In return for food and drink.

Was this what Yosef had in mind,

When he presented his conception,

Or was he subject to the Pharaoh’s will,

And was forced in that direction?

Or did he glimpse in Pharaoh’s dreams,

The path to our salvation?

First Pharaoh turned his own to slaves,

Which introduced our subjugation.

And from that fiery kiln was forged,

A leader like no other,

Moshe Rabbeinu, "son" of Basya,

Not of pharaoh, but our brother.

There are pharaohs still within our days,

Who will first enslave their own,

As they plan and plot to immolate,

The gardens they’ve not sown.