YUTorah Online

National Dreams and Personal Courage: What Was Yosef's Greatest Nisayon? [Ramban on Mikeitz-Vayigash]

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: December 17 2023

00:00 / 00:00

1.0x

speed

Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.

Length:: 45min 27s
Downloads:: 0

Views:: 804
Comments:: 0

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Halacha:

Kiddush Hashem

Machshava:

Business Ethics, Hashem, Middot, Mussar, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality, The Avos, Yirat Hashem

Parsha:

Mikeitz, Vayeishev, Vayigash

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Ramban al haTorah

Description

Making sense of 14 pesukim and 3 sidros, with transformative understanding of Yosef's plan and motivation, and an eye-opening take on Yosef at the office.

More from this:

SPEAKER
SERIES
CATEGORY

NEW
How to "Water" Your Own Roots: Three Tools of National and Personal Geula
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Yesterday
- Series: Fifteen Minute Parsha
  Venue: Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Taanit
  
  Halacha:
  
  Mikvaot
  
  Machshava:
  
  Bein Adam L'Chaveiro, Galut, Geulah, Mesilas Yeshorim, Middot, Rambam, Ramban, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality
  
  Nach:
  
  Yeshayahu
  
  Parsha:
  
  Bo, Shemot, Va'era
  
  Personalities:
  
  Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
- Duration: 17 min
NEW
Moshe's Questions, Hashem's Answers: Uncovering the Arc of Galus and Growth
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Yesterday
- Series: Ten Minute Torah
  Venue: Yeshivat Sha'arei Mevaseret Zion
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Avoda Zara
  
  Halacha:
  
  Torah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Galut, Geulah, Hashem, History, Mesilas Yeshorim, Prophecy, Rambam, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality, The Avos, Torah
  
  Parsha:
  
  Bereishit, Ki Tisa, Shemot, Va'era, Vayigash
- Duration: 11 min
Activating the Power of Moshe's Pathway
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 8, 2026
- Series: Ten Minute Mussar
  Venue: Yeshivat Kerem B'yavneh
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Moed Katan
  
  Machshava:
  
  Bein Adam L'Chaveiro, Geulah, Mesilas Yeshorim, Spirituality
  
  Midrash:
  
  Midrash Tanchuma
  
  Nach:
  
  Tehillim
  
  Parsha:
  
  Shelach, Shemot
- Duration: 10 min

When We Mix our Tears with Hashem's: Thoughts at a Shiva Home
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Dec 31, 2025
- Series: Five Minute Parsha
  Venue: Teaneck, NJ
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Chagiga, Shabbat
  
  Halacha:
  
  Aveilut
  
  Machshava:
  
  Emunah, Galut, Hashem, Spirituality
  
  Nach:
  
  Yirmiyahu
- Duration: 3 min
רוב וחזקה, ויסודות בתורת הספיקות - שיעור־חזרה | Kesubos shiur #31
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Dec 29, 2025
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: YU High School for Boys
  
  Gemara:
  
  Chullin, Gittin, Ketuvot, Kiddushin
  
  Halacha:
  
  Aveilut, Beit Din, Family & Ishut, Gittin, Kashrut, Rules of Psak, Taharos
  
  Mishna:
  
  Negaim, Taharot
- Duration: 47 min
Going Corporate ... with Yosef ha-Tzaddik: Exceptional Meanings of the Executive Details
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Dec 25, 2025
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: YU High School for Boys
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Megillah, Sotah
  
  Halacha:
  
  Business, Lashon Harah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Bein Adam L'Chaveiro, Bitachon, Business Ethics, Family & Ishut, History, Mesilas Yeshorim, Mussar, Ramban, Relationships, Reward and Punishment, Spirituality, The Avos, Yirat Hashem
  
  Parsha:
  
  Mikeitz, Vayigash
- Duration: 49 min

NEW
Ketubot Perek Rishon shiur 33 (ברכת חתנים, מנהג יהודה)
- Speaker: Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh
- Date: Today
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: YU Israel
  
  Gemara:
  
  Ketuvot
- Duration: 1 hr 30 min
NEW
Issur Veheter 5786 #47 meat on dairy and non kosher plates
- Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Schwartz
- Date: Today
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: YU Wilf Campus
  
  Halacha:
  
  Basar Bechalav
- Duration: 56 min
NEW
Davening - putting on Talis and Tefillin at home
- Speaker: Rabbi Ari Wasserman
- Date: Today
- Series: Daily Shiur
  
  Halacha:
  
  Tefillah, Tzitzis
- Duration: 7 min

NEW
Niddah 5786 shiur 30 (192:4-193:1)
- Speaker: Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh
- Date: Yesterday
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: YU Israel
  
  Halacha:
  
  Niddah
- Duration: 2 hr 4 min
NEW
Issur Veheter 5786 #46 - the Famous TAZ and its connection to meat and cheese touching
- Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Schwartz
- Date: Yesterday
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: YU Wilf Campus
  
  Halacha:
  
  Basar Bechalav
- Duration: 42 min
Shaking Hands 7 - the side to be lenient when shaking hands with someone of the opposite gender
- Speaker: Rabbi Ari Wasserman
- Date: Jan 9, 2026
- Series: Daily Shiur
  
  Halacha:
  
  General, Women
- Duration: 16 min

Shuckling- A means to be AWAKE or no importance at all
- Speaker: Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
- Date: Jan 13, 2026
- Halacha:
  
  Contemporary Issues, Tefillah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Mussar, Tefillah
- Duration: 7 min
NEW
Sensitivity, Kindness & Compassion to Others: Lessons from Torah Sources, Mamrei Chazal, Rav Chaim Brisker, the Rav & the Lubavitcher Rebbe
- Speaker: Mrs. Michal Horowitz
- Date: Today
- Halacha:
  
  Lashon Harah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Middot, Relationships
- Duration: 41 min
NEW
Famous Pieces in Alei Shur (4): The Power of Mitzvos
- Speaker: Rabbi Moshe Poleyeff
- Date: Today
- Venue: Aish Gesher
  
  Machshava:
  
  Mussar
- Duration: 23 min

NEW
Five Short Parshas Va'era- Mevarchim Chodesh Shevat- Shovavim Ideas 5786
- Speaker: Ari Mirzoeff
- Date: Today
- Halacha:
  
  Shovevim
  
  Machshava:
  
  Chassidut, Middot, Tefillah, The Avos, Torah
  
  Parsha:
  
  Va'era
  
  Personalities:
  
  Lubavitcher Rebbe
- Duration: 14 min
NEW
Five Short Parshas Va'era- Mevarchim Chodesh Shevat- Shovavim Ideas 5786
- Speaker: Ari Mirzoeff
- Date: Today
- Halacha:
  
  Shovevim
  
  Machshava:
  
  Chassidut, Middot, Tefillah, The Avos, Torah
  
  Parsha:
  
  Va'era
  
  Personalities:
  
  Lubavitcher Rebbe
- Duration: 14 min
NEW
Small acts are where it is at
- Speaker: Marc Merrill
- Date: Today
- Series: Ten Minute Mussar
  Venue: Yeshivat Lev HaTorah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Mussar
- Duration: 12 min

Comments
0 comments Leave a Comment

National Dreams and Personal Courage: What Was Yosef's Greatest Nisayon? [Ramban on Mikeitz-Vayigash]

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Halacha:

Kiddush Hashem

Machshava:

Business Ethics, Hashem, Middot, Mussar, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality, The Avos, Yirat Hashem

Parsha:

Mikeitz, Vayeishev, Vayigash

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Ramban al haTorah

Description

Additional Materials

Contact Us

About Us

Feedback

Feedback

National Dreams and Personal Courage: What Was Yosef's Greatest Nisayon? [Ramban on Mikeitz-Vayigash]

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Halacha: Kiddush Hashem Machshava: Business Ethics, Hashem, Middot, Mussar, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality, The Avos, Yirat Hashem Parsha: Mikeitz, Vayeishev, Vayigash

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Ramban al haTorah

Description

Additional Materials

Contact Us

About Us

Feedback

Feedback

Halacha:

Kiddush Hashem

Machshava:

Business Ethics, Hashem, Middot, Mussar, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality, The Avos, Yirat Hashem

Parsha:

Mikeitz, Vayeishev, Vayigash