How was Yosef HaTzaddik saved through light?

Question: What is the connection between Yosef HaTzaddik, Parashat Vayeshev and the miracle of Hanukkah?

Answer:

The Ben Ish Chai cites a tradition attributed to Targum Yonatan, according to which Potiphar’s wife tried to frame Yosef using egg white that she placed on the bed, to strengthen her accusation against him.

According to this tradition, when it was tested with fire it became clear that the evidence she presented was false, and so Yosef was saved from death.

The Ben Ish Chai connects Yosef’s rescue with light, based on the verse:

“Light is sown for the righteous” (Psalms 97:11).

Yosef is called Yosef HaTzaddik (the righteous), and he guarded his holiness in thought, speech and action.

Therefore, according to the Ben Ish Chai’s teaching, he too merited a salvation connected with light.