Parashas Vayeishev just before Chanukah

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Vayeishev , just before Chanukah .
At the end of the previous Parsha,Eisav's progeny was mentioned. Now, in this Parsha of Veyeishev, we carry on with the Jewish line through Yaakov .This is the connection between the two Parshas and thus the 'Va' - ' And,' at the beginning of the word ''Va'yeishev .' 
Yaakov felt content, to feel at ease now in the land of his Father's Sojournings and so , anguish hit him with the pain of Yosef's sale, for as Rashi says, 'For as the Righteous seek tranquility,the Holy One , Blessed Be He Says, 'Are the Righteous not content with what they will be rewarded with in Olam Habah ( The World To Come ) , that they would dare to want to live at ease in Olam Hazeh ( This World ) too . ' '
Thus, did this tragedy occur, yet , it had its purpose, in the scheme of our Final Redemption from Mitzrayim, as all things do, even though we can't always see the final meaning and result. Thus , true "Vayeishev," - " Settling," is with HaShem , for then all things are Entrusted to His Hands.
Yosef at the time, was seventeen years of age . It mentions that he was a youth with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah , for they treated him with more caring and understanding, unlike the others, and so respected his youth , for they too, felt more humbled, not having come from Yaakov's first wife Leah , who had just passed on . When Yosef's Ima had passed away, it was Bilhah who had raised him. She was a woman of humility and thus, anything that Yosef did, in reporting his brothers for wrongly assumed infringements, was not out of a lack of humility, but was purely for the sake of trying to ensure that Yaakov, his Father would help them also spiritually grow and also he meant it for their benefit to improve and continue the Family line of Holiness . 
Even though he misunderstood his brother's misdemeanors, his sole intention was to correct them and keep the family holy, even though he should have told them directly and then misunderstandings could have been avoided , not that they were always approachable be him.
We are told how his Father Yaakov loved him more than the others,which increased their resentment to him. Torah says, it was because ,"he was a child of his old age," which meant , that Yaakov saw in Yosef, many similarities to himself , like for example, both Yaakov and Yosef, were disliked by their brothers. Both Yaakov and Yosef,spent their time learning.Both Yaakov and Yosef ended up being estranged from their Father and Family. Both Yaakov and Yosef looked similar. And of course, Yosef was the son of Yaakov's very beloved Rachel . Yaakov saw in Yosef , a great holiness and a very spiritual purity that made him worthy of leading the family to its true Jewish destination , and so , Yaakov made him a ' fine woolen tunic,' which at the time was a garment worn by people in royalty. This angered the brothers more and so they feared he would completely dominate them, which he would never have done .In this Parsha we learn that all children are special in their own way and a Blessing and Parents should never have favorites, but appreciate the gift of every child HaShem Gives . In this case, the Parsha shows that such an action led to exile of a people. 
Some time later, Yosef dreamed a dream , of him and his brothers binding sheaves in the middle of the field and how his sheaf rose up and remained standing while his brothers sheaves gathered around his sheaf and bowed to his sheaf . Such a dream was not out of arrogance, but a future prophecy of how his brothers would one day stand before him, when he would become viceroy in Mitzrayim, and he told his brothers , not out of arrogance at all,but purely so they would have respect for him. Instead of constantly mocking him . They did not understand this and so, hated him more .
Later on, Yosef again dreamed another dream , of the sun and moon and eleven stars bowing to him and he related it to his Father and brothers. Yaakov realized that these were not mere dreams for at one time , HaShem had quietly referred to Yaakov as the sun, so Yaakov knew Yosef could not know this on his own, and so he openly scolded Yosef, yet kept the matter within. The Mother referred to here in the verse was Bilhah, who had brought Yosef up .
Yaakov would teach Yosef more depth in Halacha , for he saw in Yosef a depth so holy , so he taught Yosef secrets he had personally learnt in the Yeshiva of Shem and Aiver.
After these things, Yaakov's sons had gone tp pasture in Shechem and Yaakov called Yosef to go and see after their welfare . Yaakov escorted Yosef part of the way and while escorting him, taught him the Law of the Egla Arufah , the Law of if a man is found murdered , the closest town must perform a certain ritual , and state that they are innocent of that man's murder, for it is very important to escort a guest for safety. So Yosef said he would go, being spiritually ready to continue our history.
On the way, Yosef came to the place, but they were not there. Gavriel, the Angel met Yosef there in the form of an elderly man with a long white beard and paiyos and with an unusual faint glow behind his back and head , and tried to warn Yosef of their intention, saying they have gone to Dothan, for within this word is the word 'Dat' - 'Law,' meaning they have gone to Judge you. But Yosef did not realize the deep import of this 'man's ' words. Also, said the 'man' , "They have journeyed on from here, " meaning they have gone on from any caring for you as a brother . Yosef continued on to Dothan and there they were.
It was Levi who said ' Look, the dreamer comes,' and Simeon who wanted to kill Yosef and throw him into a pit.
Yosef pleaded with them to let him go, but they beat him repeated and kicked him, and ripped off his coat .Simeon, physically grabbed him and pushed him toward the largest pit , knowing there were snakes and scorpions within , wanting to ensure his death . Yosef tried to run to Bilhah and Zilpah's sons, who themselves were put down by Leah's sons , but they too refused him help, in the face of the aggressive Simeon. Reuvein was not a part of this, for he had been praying , which he did constantly , to beg forgiveness day and night for disarranging his Father's Couch . Reuvein thus tried to save Yosef from their hands, suggesting a way he could come back later and save Yosef. Reuvein , who would have been the one most personally affected if Yosef would have been put at the head of the Family , for Reuvain was the First born and he lost this position after the incident with the Couch , was so humble that he never minded if Yosef was to take his position .They stripped Yosef and Simeon personally pushed Yosef into the pit . Yosef was terror stricken knowing that these pits especially this one he was thrown into , was full of snakes and scorpions , yet Torah Says it was empty, for as soon as Yosef was thrown in, HaShem Sent an Angel, to ensure Yosef would be safe and thus empty the pit of all snakes and scorpions . Simeon thought this pit would be full of danger, for he, had had a bad experience himself previously with this pit , which Yosef had helped him with. 
Yoseif cried and wept and pleaded but his anguish was ignored .
Both Ishmaelites and Midianites and Medanites were used to exchange Yosef after he was sold by his brothers , in order to finally get Yosef to Mitzrayim. In fact , Yosef was sold a number of times from the time his brother sold him, till he finally got to Mitzrayim .
The first set of travelers, had spices as their wares, very unusual , for traders of that area, this being so a more pleasant fragrance may ease a bit of Yosef's pain . 
The brothers killed a goat and dipped Yosef's tunic into it's blood and Yehudah was chosen to bring it to his Father. Thus Yaakov, was reminded of his own actions of wearing goat-skins to his Father Yitzchak . 
Yaakov was inconsolable for his son Yosef . 
Yosef reached Mitzrayim , and a Courtier of Par'o , Potiphera ( or Potiphara as he was called then in Egypt) took an interest in this pure looking slave . He was called Potiphar, which means the mutilated one, referring to his medical act done on him when he was younger . Potiphara took a personal liking to the looks of Yosef and had designs on Yosef himself, so only when he was shown the sale contract signed by the brothers, did he agree to buy him . Yosef was brought to his house and he saw in time, the purity and honesty of this man Yosef . Yosef was put to work inside and outside the house in the field, six months each . Potiphara noticed that all Yosef touched was Blessed by Hashem , for Yosef would spend time teaching about HaShem , for Yosef spoke and explained about HaShem , even to Potiphar . Yosef got so trusted , that Potiphara gave him rights over everything he had, except his wife Zulaicha .
The Torah then switches to Yehudah, to show , that Midda Knegged Middah, for Yehudah's actions, of Yosef, he was punished himself, by losing his sons. Also, as the Midrash tells us, while HaShem was bringing us to Egypt so we could finally be redeemed in the future, at the same time, HaShem was bringing about the beginning stages of our Final Redemption at the End of Days , with the coming of King David's Line and the progeny of Mashiach .
Yaakov's anguish over his son Yosef could not be calmed , and the brothers of Yehudah blamed Yehudah, for they said, as leader , had he told them not to do this thing they would have listened, so they chased him away from them and so TheTorah From HaShem Tells us that he went down from his brothers . Yehudah married a woman who , here, is referred to as a 'K'na'ani' which in this case does not mean a Canaanite, for we are forbidden to marry into the Canaanites, so in this context the word refers to a ' Merchant , or daughter of one .'
They had three sons, Er ,Onan and Sheilah. Yehudah took his firstborn a wife , daughter of Noach's son Shem, whose name was Tamar . Er, did not want to affect her beauty and so did not want to impregnate her and so he died. The second son did similar and so, he died too. Thus Yehudah was punished for the anguish he caused his Father Yaakov over Yosef .
Yehudah feared losing his last son, and so kept Tamar for a long time without giving her his third son . Now Tamar was so modest that she always covered her face in the presence of Yehudah, so when she devised a plan to ensure she continues progeny with the family of Yehudah, she played the role of a woman at the cross-roads . Yehudah bever knew her, for he had never seen her face out of her modesty. Tamar's reason, was purely to bring about the progeny of David and Mashiach for the prophesied line of Yehudah and so as a pledge she asked him for his signet, wrap and staff, all symbols of royalty to come from this line . After a while Yehudah heard his daughter in law was pregnant and brought Tamar for Judgement . So Tamar, without wanting to embarrass Yehudah directly, showed him the symbols which Samael the evil Angel of Amalek tried to hide, but with her pleading to HaShem, HaShem Sent the Angel to reveal them . Tamar said of the symbols, it is by this man, whose the symbols are, that she was with child. Yehudah showed great courage in admitting it was him, and there was no union with then again. The line of David came from these holy people .
Tamar had holy intentions, unlike Zulaicha who, these events are compared with, for Zulaicha too, saw by her Astrology that a member of her family would procreate with Yosef. It was actually her adopted daughter Osnas ( who was in reality Yaakov's daughter Dina's daughter with Shechem ) and not her, who she mistakenly perceived. This was one of the reasons she pursued him. Yet her motives were not pure as Tamar's were . 
The Narrative returns then to this very incident with Yosef and Zulaicha, Potiphara's unfaithful wife .
Yosef had acquired the beautiful purity of looks of his Mother Rachel and Father Yaakov . Zulaicha, was completely taken with him, and hounded him every day . Yosef started to feel at home in his new environment , and so , HaShem Sent him a reminder that this was not his home, and that even in exile, he must long for his holy home in Eretz Yisroel. 
Zulaicha tried everything to win him over, changing her clothes three times a day,putting on all kinds of garments and perfumery, but nothing would make Yosef lift his head and even look at her in her eyes, for he remained holy and pure to HaShem and his Father . 
She began to get ill with obsessing over him and her friends noticed her health decline and questioned her why. She invited them over and then called in Yosef and they were so taken with his looks that one or two of them even cut their fingers without realizing it and concentrating as they were trying to peel a fruit , after he was called in
They persuaded her to command him to obey and look at her, and no matter how she tried, she could not persuade him to look at her eyes and drop his purity.
It happened on the day of Par'o's birthday, that she ensured she would be alone in the house with Yosef, sending all the servants away . She cleaned herself and put on revealing wear that was see through and blew in the wind , a garment of wraps of different thin see-through fabric colors that she thought would entice Yosef . She made sure to sit where she knew Yosef would have to go past, and sure enough, when Yosef came past, she hounded him again . Trying all forms of verbal and even physical attempts to entice him . He stepped back and reminded her that he would not insult G-D and His Father and the progeny that would be symbolized by the Choshen Ha Mishpat and Holy Stones that the High Priest would eventually wear so that his Tribe's Stone should stand holy like the rest. She continued to use persuasion and then went onto threatening him that if he doesn't , she would make false accusations against him, yet he continued to say no . Through her physical attempts, she hoped to affect his Yetzer Horah and try to entice and weaken him yet he saw a vision of his Father and felt HaShem With him, and so, after reminding her that he would not take the only thing Potiphara had denied him, and after her attempt to threaten that she would even go as far as to to kill her own husband so her husband would never know, Yosef turned to walk away.
As he did, she grabbed the back of his garment and it tore in the back as he fled.
She ripped her own garments herself and persuaded her friends to falsely say that Yosef had supposedly made attempts on them too, and so when Potiphara came home, a barrage awaited him . He wanted Yosef killed , but his adopted daughter Osnas, told him that Zulaicha was lying and that Zulaicha had pursued him day after day and he had turned her down. Potiphara was not sure who to believe and so he called the egyptian priests, who examined the garment and when they noticed it was torn in the back, they knew and told Potiphara, that Yosef was telling the truth and Zulaicha was not . But Potiphara wanted to save face for him and his wife and so , Yosef was put in the prison, and let out only at night to clean his house, only to return to prison again in the morning. Zulaicha continued to pursue Yosef , yet Yosef held strong .Zulaicha had an iron bar tied to Yosef's neck under his head to ensure his head would remain lifted so he would be forced to look at her, but still he refused .Yoseif now understood the danger of false or incorrect claims, that he had himself mistakenly done to his own brothers . Yosef , being an honest man, , by HaShem's Help of Being with Yosef ,won the favor of the heads of the prison , the prison warden , who just so happened to have been Potiphara and others , and so it became Yosef's task to make at ease all new prisoners that came into the prison . So HaShem Had put Yosef in position to rise to power , for two prisoners were put in prison , who came under Yosef's care , that would lead Yosef to Viceroyship in Egypt .
The Chamberlain of the Cupbearers was put in prison, for a fly that had mistakenly flown into Pharoah's wine cup, and the Chamberlain of the Bakers, was put into prison, on charges of possibly attempted murder, for a stone that appeared in Pharaoh's bread , according to Rashi and the Midrash Bereishis .
They both came under Yosef's care and day after day, Yosef would see to their welfare. One morning he came in and found them both very despondant . In asking them what was wrong, they both told him they had had a dream. Miraculously, they had also had an interpretation of each other's dream as well as their own dream and its interpretation, but could not understand it .So Yosef asked them to relate their dreams to him , saying HaShem Answers Secrets that are hidden to man .
The Chamberlain of the Cupbearers told that he had had a dream of a grapevine with three tendrils , appearing to bud and blossom. And grapes came from it and that Pharaoh's cup was in the Chamberlain of the Cupbearer's Hand and he took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and placed it into Pharaoh's palm . This was unusual, as his usual job was not to squeeze the grapes, but to just place the prepared goblet in Pharaoh's palm . Yosef answered from HaShem that the three tendrils were three days, for within three days, on Pharaoh's birthday,the Chamberlain of the Cupbearers would be reinstated at his former post. Yosef also foresaw a prophecy for us Jews, where he foresaw the three tendrils as Moshe , Aharon and Miriam, who would come and redeem our Jewish people , thus the action of squeezing in reference to Pharaoh .
The Chamberlain of the Bakers , who had miraculously from HaShem, dreamed the answer to his partner's dream , agreed that this interpretation was correct , as did the Chamberlain of the Cupbearers, who had also dreamed an interpretation of his own dream, he could himself see. Yosef asked of him to please mention about Yosef to Pharaoh when he got out, but no matter how hard he tried, an Angel kept having him forget, for it is HaShem Who Knows the Right Time of freedom, and when is best and thus needs to be trusted .The Ten years of Yosef's prison time, represented the Ten Tribes he had talked to his Father Yaakov wrongly about.
The Chamberlain of the Bakers then went next, seeing the interpretation was well.In his dream, he saw three baskets on his head and birds were eating from the top one and lower one. HaShem Spoke for the interpretation through Yosef, where the three baskets were three days, and within three days, Pharaoh, on his birthday would lift up his head and hang him , while birds eat from his flesh. Yosef did not mention to them, the Jewish prophecy in these dreams, of the three baskets representing our Three Temples and the last one only would stand eternally .
And so, as HaShem Showed Yosef, it happened as he had said to the Chamberlain of the Cupbearers and the Chamberlain of the Bakers, but the Chamberlain of the Cupbearers did not remember Yosef, but forgot him. 
So ends this Parsha.
This Parsha is called " Vayeishev," - "Settled," which is a term used for remaining permanently in a place , and referred to here as Eretz Yisroel, the place of permanence for all Yidden, Given by HaShem. We see in a later Parsha, when Yaakov comes to settle in Egypt, there, he is referred to with his name Israel ( Bereishis 47:27 ) . A Jew is never truly settled anywhere in Galus, for His only home is Eretz Yisrael. Even Yaakov, who though he settled in Egypt, his name is then mentioned as Israel Yisrael, for wherever a Jew is, his home is only Israel Eretz Yisroel and we Jews always long for home . Yosef too was sent into exile, and never saw his Father for the same amount of years that his Father Yaakov was away from Yitzchak. Everything we do, has a repercussion, not always as punishnent, but as an opportunity to fix our wrongs. This takes a lot of Faith and Emunah, for while negative things are happening, there is always a deep reason for them and HaShem Does things out of Love. 
A Jew's true place to Settle is in Eretz Yisrael and the real place that a Jew must work toward "Vayeishev," - " Settling " in, is with HaShem Himself . A Jew must spiritually work every day to "Vayeishev, " - " Settle," within HaShem and also make a place for HaShem to Settle within us . When HaShem Tells us to ' Build a Temple within which He Can Dwell, HaShem Also refers to the Temple of Us, that we must make ourselves every day and every moment holy and into a Temple to house HaShem's Shechinah within us , so HaShem Can Dwell Within us . This ties so closely with Chanukah , where the miracle was performed that there was not enough pure oil to last and the miracle happened that it lasted the time needed , for to be truly free is to be truly within HaShem's Light and Miracles . The 'Oil' will last as long as we remain pure enough inside and out , to bring HaShem within . 
True " Vayeishev," - " means " Settling within HaShem . That is what we are to work toward every day . To ' Yosheiv' return in Teshuva, every day , to be within HaShem and to let the Light of HaShem be welcome within us , as the Light of our Chanukah Candles Light our Homes at this time . That is true " Vayeishev," - " Settling ." To sit within HaShem and be surrounded by His Love .
When we can do that, we will accomplish the depth within this word " Vayeishev," which can expand itself to the words '" Vayehi Sheva," which means " And it will be the Seventh," in reference to the one who is represented by the number Seven which is Mashiach, so that when we can sit within HaShem's Laws, and Love, we will be at the stage of sitting within the time of Mashiach and thus Usher in The End of Days. 
May It come soon, that we can each sit under our vine and be surrounded in Olam Habah, with HaShem's Light and Love.
I wish HaShem With Love,a Very Beautiful and Special Shabbos Kodesh and Chag Chanukah Sameach with Love, and to all my fellow Yidden, a very beautiful and special Shabbos Kodesh and Chag Chanukah Sameach with love .