In this week’s parshah, we follow the beginning of Yosef HaTzadik’s challenging journey. From being the beloved son of Yaakov Avinu to being thrown into a bor and sold into slavery, Yosef’s life changes in an instant. Yet the Torah reveals something extraordinary: Even in the darkest moments, “Vayehi Hashem es Yosef” (B’reishis 39:2).
Hashem’s presence accompanies him in the house of Potifar, and again in the prison: “Vayar Adonav ki Hashem ito” (39:3). Despite isolation, confusion, and pain, Yosef maintains his inner emunah, his k’dushah, and his constant awareness of Hashem.
We all experience moments that feel like a bor – times that are overwhelming, uncertain, or difficult to understand. Parshas VaYeishev reminds us that what looks like a setback can be the beginning of a y’shuah. The path that took Yosef down was the very path that lifted him up.
When life feels heavy or confusing, pause and turn to Hashem with sincere t’filah. A kapitel of T’hilim, a quiet moment of bitachon, can bring light even into a bor. Just as Hashem was with Yosef in every stage of his journey, He is with each of us – preparing y’shuos long before we see them.
May our t’filos this week bring r’fuos, y’shuos, and m’nuchas ha’nefesh to all of klal Yisrael.
List of People Who Need a r’fuah sh’leimah (a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Maxim Yehudah ben Yafah
Aharon ben Shamsi
Michael ben Chayah Sarah Beheta
Shmuel ben Itta Etel
Mordechai ben Shoshana
Zaidah Eliezer Zev ben Shifrah
Yehoshua ben Devorah
HaRav Pinchas ben Alta Sima
Yisrael Meir ben Hadassah
Yossi ben Ratzon
Yair ben Alfred
Uriel ben Amir
Tamir ben Moshe
Shachar ben Aharon
Rab ben Yitzchak
Ronen ben Tomer
Yisrael ben Yocheved
Yoel Sar Shalom ben Nelly
Avraham Mordechai ben Yael
Yitzchak ben Dinah
Eliezer ben Chanah Malkah
Meir Aryeh ben Devorah
Heleni Orna bas Chen Chanah
Iris Rachel bas Miriam Chayah
Chanah Brachah bas Svetlana Tziporah Chayah
Sarah bas Shoshanah
Maya Mazal bas Zivah
Tamarah bas Ksiyah
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Chayah Shulamis Brachah bas Sarah Leah
Leah bas Ita
Devorah bas Miriam Zisel
Ruchamah Sarah Fraida bas Hadassah
Israeli Soldiers (Please recite Psalms 25, 26, 46, 83, 142.)
Menachem Zion ben Ariel
Hillel Zev ben Ariel
Shmuel Pesach ben Chinah
Yehudah ben Elisheva
Dov Ber ben Rachel Chayah
Hillel Yisrael ben Tzilah
Zechariah Yisrael ben Elisheva Feiga
Yitzchak Yehudah ben Elta Draizel
Zechariah Menachem Chaim ben Elta Draizel
Yair Menashe Shmuel ben Shoshanah
Shmuel Tzvi ben Liba
Daniel Abba Tzvi ben Chayah Tz’rina
Yechiel Aharon ben Sarah Miriam
Aryeh Simchah ben Chayah Michal
Amitai ben Yitzchak Venvar
Yisrael Yehudah ben Elisheva Rachel
Shmuel Yosef ben Adinah
Neta (Nechamah) bas Avital Emunah
Naomi Emunah bas Inbal Nechamah
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