CHANUKAH SAMEACH!
HAPPY CHANUKAH!

Here are the sources referred to in this week's episode:

The start of the parsha:
https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.41?lang=bi&aliyot=0

The brothers fear that Joseph and his descendants will lead the Jewish People to idolatry:
https://www.sefaria.org/Bereshit_Rabbah.84.14?lang=bi

Brothers departed from brotherhood and sought religious / legal pretexts against Joseph, to justify killing him:
https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.37.17?lang=bi&with=Rashi&lang2=en

Jacob tells his sons to take down to Egypt a strange present – small delicacies from the Land of Israel, things that people sing about
https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.43.11?lang=bi&aliyot=0&p2=Rashi_on_Genesis.43.11.2&lang2=bi

Rebbe Nachman says he was actually telling them to take with them a melody of the Land of Israel. He goes on to explain that melodies stimulate plants / food to grow, and they also have a profound effect on the human spirit, helping us to grow in important ways (if the melody is suitable).
https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.63.1?lang=bi

We say Hallel all eight days of Chanukah:
https://www.sefaria.org/Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.683.1?lang=bi

Hallel is associated with Joseph / Yosef , and Hoda'ah (Thanksgiving) with Judah / Yehudah:
https://www.sefaria.org/Sefat_Emet%2C_Genesis%2C_For_Chanuka.23.6?vhe=Sefat_emet,_Piotrk%C3%B3w,_1905-1908&lang=bi

Our Chanukah prayer, Al HaNissim, brings both together:
https://www.sefaria.org/Birkat_Hamazon%2C_Birkat_Hamazon%2C_Blessing_on_the_Land.3?lang=bi

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