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Vayechi - 2nd Portion
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Vayechi - 2nd Portion
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Join me as we learn for today the kish
for Monday parases which is chapter 48
verse 10. Yesterday we learned as Yakov
lives his last year is in the land of
Egypt. He calls his son Yoseph and makes
him promise that he's going to bury him
in the land of Israel as well in the
cave of the patriarchs. Well, as Yseph
hears that his father is not well,
bringing his children to be blessed by
his father Yakov. Verse 10.
He was not able to see
love. So Yoseph therefore positioned his
children near his father
and he kissed them and he hugged them.
Verse 11.
And says to Yoseph,
I dared not even to hope to see your
face.
And God made that I should be able to
see your children as well.
So Rashi explains what does the word
filult mean?
And he says as follows.
I never thought that I was going to see
you again. The word fulti comes from the
word thought. I've never dared to think
that that would be the case. And he
brings a case where we see in Isaiah the
same terminology.
Bring advice and therefore think about
what to do.
Verse number 12.
Yseph withdrew them from with between
his knees between his father's knees
[snorts]
and he and he bowed himself to and he b
and he bowed to the ground.
What does it mean that he withdrew them
from his father? What was going on here
after Jacob kissed them and hugged them?
So Yoseph took him from without it from
in between his father's knees. He drew
them back. So like this he can settle
them in the places that they should be
able to get a blessing.
And he set them up. One would be for the
right and one would be to the left.
This way can place his hands upon them
and bless them
when saved them went backwards from his
father. Then from his father then he
bowed down to his father and asking his
father to bless his sons.
Verse 13
and Yseph took both of his sons
from the right which was to the left of
Yakov
and Asha was to the left of Yoseph.
However was to the right of Yakov
and he approached Yakov.
Verse 13,
what is the Torah telling us over here?
How did he situate them? So imagine if
one person's facing another. So your
right is the other person's left. That
person's left is your right. As Rashi
explains,
somebody that comes to greet his friend
comes out.
Your right is for the left of the other
one. And therefore,
because
the older one,
therefore, he put him on the right that
he should be situated to receive the
blessing first from Yakov
rest and which is referring to Yakov
sent his right hand
and he placed it on Ara's head.
Even though that Aphr was the younger
one
and his left hand
and the head of though Manasha was the
older one
he crossed his hands deliberately
though even though he knew well that
Manasha was the firstborn
what's going on over here what is the
word
like these translates
explicit knowledge
that knew exactly what it was doing by
moving his hands this way. He did it
purposely so
he well known
is the older one and still all he did
not pay attention to that. And now he
continues to say
verse 15.
And he blessed and he said,
"My God before whom my fathers have gone
with me,
the God who was my shepherd
from then from my earliest of days until
today."
Verse 16.
the angel who delivered me from all raw
harm.
May he bless these lads
and they may they bear my name
in the name of my fathers
and may they propagate like fish among
the earth.
What is he referring to the angel? What
angel?
this angel
that God would always send with me
whenever I was in uh whenever I was in
distress and he needed to save me
like it said previously in the when I
was in love's home the Torah uses a
terminology
and an angel told me
in the dream of Jacob and he tells
I am the one also so too when he put up
a monument I am the god of basel so too
In all those places where an angel came
to protect them, this same angel shall
protect you the children
should bless these lads. Who are the
lads? Rashi tells us
as they are being blessed because of
Yoseph and the children are blessed as
well.
The word they should be blessed that
they're like fish
just like fish
that continue to propagate
and no evil eye can have control or hurt
them. This concludes the second tow
reading for