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Our daf turns to the story of Benjamin, from whom Mordechai descended. When Joseph received his brothers in Egypt, he gave to Benjamin five portions of food and five garments, thus showing preferential treatment. How could he do this, seeing that Jacob's preferential treatment of him earlier led to brothers hating and selling him? The answer is that Joseph was thus influencing the future for Mordechai, who would wear five royal garments.
We explore these relationships and refer to my podcasts on the subject especially Rav Lichtenstein's vs Aviva Zornberg's political vs psychodynamic readings.