Why would Yosef demand that the Egyptians circumcise themselves in exchange for food—and how could that possibly align with halacha? In this powerful Zera Shimshon insight on Parshas Miketz, we uncover Yosef’s breathtaking foresight: a compassionate, generations-ahead strategy designed not only to save bodies from famine, but souls from being lost in exile.

We explore how Yosef understood that exile is not a punishment to endure, but a fire that refines, prepares, and ultimately elevates—just as his own descent from pit to prison forged the leader who would one day rule Egypt.