Mikeitz

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Mikeitz

Yosef tries to trap them in a lie,

But his brothers tell the truth,

Yaakov scolds Yehudah, “Why?”,

Which reminds us of his youth.

They lade a caravan of donkeys,

With lotus, wax, and honey,

Pistachios, almonds, balsam, too,

And twice their purchase money.

Binyamin descends, as did his brother,

Amidst a cavalcade of spice,

To possible enslavement,

Will his arrival there suffice?

Yosef planned this choreography,

Down to the last detail,

To proof the tshuva of his brothers,

He gives them every chance to fail.

Will they protect his little brother,

Will they jettison Shimon,

Those who from jealousy and hatred,

Cast him naked from his home?