Parashat Vayiggash
Torah: Genesis 44:18 - 47:27
Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28
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One But Not the Other?
"And they told him, saying, 'Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all theland of Egypt
The Kotzker Rebbe, Menachem Mendel (d. 1859): When one says a person is "alive", the implication is that he is righteous - for only that path is true living. Thus, Jacob was told that Joseph was both righteous and the ruler ofEgypt
The Kotzker may have been drawing upon a well-known teaching of the Rabbis: "even in their lifetime, the wicked are called dead." (Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 18) My question is: why would Jacob think that righteousness and rule overEgypt
In much of his teaching, the Kotzker emphasizes the search for truth, the need for humility, and constant self-examination and self-criticism - all of which he might characterize as righteousness. If indeed Joseph is the ruler ofEgypt
An answer, according to Rabbi Chaim Sofer (d. 1886), is found in the next verse: "And they told him all that Joseph had spoken to them". He says that Jacob was revived, and he believed his sons, only after hearing that Joseph had said, "God has made me lord over allEgypt
May we all have the wisdom and righteousness of Joseph.
Shabbat Shalom!
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One But Not the Other?
"And they told him, saying, 'Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the
The Kotzker Rebbe, Menachem Mendel (d. 1859): When one says a person is "alive", the implication is that he is righteous - for only that path is true living. Thus, Jacob was told that Joseph was both righteous and the ruler of
The Kotzker may have been drawing upon a well-known teaching of the Rabbis: "even in their lifetime, the wicked are called dead." (Babylonian Talmud Berakhot 18) My question is: why would Jacob think that righteousness and rule over
In much of his teaching, the Kotzker emphasizes the search for truth, the need for humility, and constant self-examination and self-criticism - all of which he might characterize as righteousness. If indeed Joseph is the ruler of
An answer, according to Rabbi Chaim Sofer (d. 1886), is found in the next verse: "And they told him all that Joseph had spoken to them". He says that Jacob was revived, and he believed his sons, only after hearing that Joseph had said, "God has made me lord over all
May we all have the wisdom and righteousness of Joseph.
Shabbat Shalom!
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