Below is a summary of the topics from the daily lesson as delivered by our teacher Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a – yesterday after the Maariv prayer on Monday night, the 26th of Kislev 5786, Parshat Miketz:
1. The woman is the greatest of all. The main thing is the rectification of the gevurot (strengths), the woman has the most refined senses. Sarah saw who Yishmael was. Avraham saw that Yishmael could rectify the gevurot.
2. Yosef the tzaddik stood the test for 22 years.
3. Among the nations, there is a death sentence for theft, as Yehuda said to Yosef, "He with whom it is found shall die."
4. The Etz Chaim says that the entire miracle of Chanukah is thanks to Chana.
5. "Gera lo yegor" – Yegor is the time when the Greek kingdom ruled for 213 years.
6. Yochanan, instead of sacrificing one pig, slaughtered a thousand pigs (Greeks).
7. "The bow of the mighty is broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength" – Chana prayed 717 years before Chanukah that the Chashmonaim – those who stumbled – would defeat the Greeks – the mighty.
8. It is written in Pirkei d'Rabbi Eliezer that the prayer of Chana and the song of Devorah are higher than Moshe Rabbeinu. Every woman can be greater than Moshe Rabbeinu. All women can reach the level of Moshe.
9. The goblet is the secret of 13 times 72, which equals in gematria Mordechai and Esther, Mattityahu and his sons. For Mordechai and Esther were reincarnated in Mattityahu and his sons.