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Then Yisrael said to Yosef, “Now I can die, after my having seen your face, because you are still alive.” (46:30)

With these words ends the saga of Yosef’s “disappearance” from home. After many years of bitter longing, Yaakov Avinu was finally able to once again embrace his son. We read about it, but unless one has undergone the travail of almost losing a child and then finding him alive and well, it is difficult to fully grasp the overwhelming joy that both Yaakov and Yosef experienced. Baruch Hashem, this experience is something that is a rarity. There was a time, not so long ago, during World War II, when families were separated, when children were torn away from their parents, when…

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Rabbi L. Scheinbaum In 5762, Vayigash

“Then Yisrael journeyed forth with all that he had…and (he) offered sacrifices to the G-d of his father Yitzchak.” (46:1)

Yaakov Avinu arrived in Be’er Sheva, a city glorified by the memory of his fathers. There he offered zevachim, sacrifices. He was in the happiest frame of mind that he had attained in his entire life. It was here at this zenith in his life, with his troubles and struggles behind him, that he felt capable of offering a Korban Shelamim, Peace- Offering. Horav S.R. Hirsch, z.l., notes that this is the first time that any of the Avos, Patriarchs, offered a korban other than a Korban Olah, Burnt- Offering. He explains that a Korban Olah expresses complete submission to Hashem….

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Rabbi L. Scheinbaum In 5762, Vayigash

“He [Yosef] cried in a loud voice.” (45:2)

Chazal view Yosef’s weeping as a portent for his descendants. They say, “Just as Yosef appeased his brothers only through weeping, so, too, Hakadosh Boruch Hu will redeem Klal Yisrael from its exile only through [their] weeping.” As it is written in Yirmiyahu 31:8, “For with weeping they will come; with supplications I will lead them.” Chazal’s words are enigmatic. If Hashem is waiting for tears, then our exile should have ended long ago. Have we not cried bitterly for thousands of years? Why did Hashem not respond to the tears of our ancestors and redeem them? Horav Mordechai HaKohen explains…

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Rabbi L. Scheinbaum In 5762, Vayigash

“It will happen when he sees the youth missing he will die.” (44:31)

An elderly chassid, a follower of Horav Menachem Mendel, z.l., m’Kotzk, came to the Kotzker complaining about his current financial straits. What disturbed him most was the fact that his grown children, whom he had supported with great mesiras nefesh, self- sacrifice, manifested no gratitude. They were all quite capable of helping him in his moment of need. Yet, they completely ignored his financial circumstances. At a period in his life when he should have been retired and relaxing, he was compelled to work hard to support himself. The Rebbe listened intently to the chassid. After he finished his diatribe, the…

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Then Yisrael said to Yosef, “Now I can die, after my having seen your face, because you are still alive.” (46:30)

“Then Yisrael journeyed forth with all that he had…and (he) offered sacrifices to the G-d of his father Yitzchak.” (46:1)

“He [Yosef] cried in a loud voice.” (45:2)

“It will happen when he sees the youth missing he will die.” (44:31)

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