"There are 2025 words in Parshat Mikeitz."
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Throughout the Torah, the number of pesky in the parshah is written at the end of every parshah.
At the end of Parshat Mikeitz, besides the number of pesukim, we are also told that the parshah contains 2,025 words. Why is it necessary to know the number of words? Parshat Mikeitz is usually read during the week of Chanukah. The 2,025 words in the parshah can serve as a hint for the Yom Tov of Chanukah. During Chanukah we light candles for eight nights. The mitzvah can be fulfilled with only one candle each night for the entire household. In Hebrew the word for candle is "neir" which has the numerical value of 250. Eight times 250 equals 2,000. The event of lighting candles starts on the 25th day of the month of Kislev. Thus, 2,025 alludes to the 25th of Kislev and eight candles. (תורה תמימה)
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another allusion from parshas mikeitzIt is interesting to note that from Joseph's descent into Egypt until the exodus of the Jews, there was a total of 232 years. The interval from Jacob's arrival in Egypt until the redemption was 210 years, and Joseph was separated from Jacob for 22 years. The numerical value of the words "Yehi or" — "Let there be light" (Genesis 1:3) — is 232. Thanks to Joseph's efforts over 232 years on behalf of these three commandments to ensure that the Divine presence was with the Jewish people while they were in exile, they later merited the "Yehi or" — "Let there be light" — the light of Hanukkah. |
These Allusions are excerpted from Vedibarta Bam on Chanuka