Parshas Vayeshev: The Unforeseen Swirl of Divine Redemption-- How the Last Straw of Defeat Can Actually Be the First Spark of Deliverance

Forsaken by his brothers, sold into slavery, and imprisoned on false charges, Yosef seems so far from his dreams of grandeur. By we know with hindsight that these circumstances actually ensure the fulfillment of his destiny. This is the theme of Vayashev— our realization that the seeds of salvation are sowed within the suffering itself. Via extensive textual patterns, we will discover this idea writ large not only throughout the parsha, but throughout our own sagas of golus and geulah.