December 16, 2023; 4 Teiveis, 5784 Sponsored anonymously L’Ilui Nishmas Sara Eidel Bas Mordechai
And he [Yosef] turned away from them [the brothers] and wept, then returned to them and spoke to them; and he took Shimon from among them and imprisoned him before their eyes.” (Bereishis 42:24)
There is a fascinating Midrash (Midrash Tanchuma in Vayigash 4) that captures the conversation between Shimon and his brothers at the moment that Yosef, disguised as the Viceroy of Egypt, took Shimon away and imprisoned him....