Why Efraim Was Blessed Before Menashe - The Simple and Powerful Insight of the Chofetz Chaim

Okay. This is dedicated by a dear friend in honor of his mother's yard site. >> Yes. Okay. So, he has a he has a very interesting observation. He has a very interesting observation regarding why Jacob Ainu blessed Ephraim before Manasha. Now we know based on Kazal that the reason why Yakov Ainu blessed Ephraim before Manasha is because of the descendants of Ephraim were superior to the progeny of Manasha. That's what Rashi called from Khazal. But if you look at the simple the doesn't say that it gives us a different clue and the presents to us really a very powerful idea based on just reading the words of the Jacob sent forth his hand and he placed down the head of and he was the younger one. Why was a to be blessed before Manasha? Because the Torah testifies he was the small one. He wasn't arrogant. He accorded himself with humility. The Torah calls him the smaller one. He made himself small. Therefore, he merited greatness to teach you. How abhorent arrogance is and how beloved humility is. I think this is an astounding piece because do not say this. The is not quoting a garra or a medish just reading the words of the says blessed why he's called so I'll just tell you a little story that's brought on the bottom here the abhoured empty honorifics he was like running away from fire and he He greatly abhored exaggerated honorifics like go and sadic and he would say over as follows there was once a villager it's the we just learned about the village oh a villager he was mish but one thing is he knew the the the lu the ezra he knew the luak so he knew when to say abar and when not to say abaram And he also knew when to say and when not to say and he reckoned himself because he knew the of and then one day he comes to VNA and after the are learning of and hoya and all kinds of lambdas. He didn't know what language they were speaking. He didn't know what they're talking about. He couldn't understand why understand even one word. So to the said in this world people become so accustomed to hearing themselves being called rabbi and then when they get to the they see they don't even know when to say even that much they don't know. So anyway, but that's on. Have a good day everyone. See you tomorrow. Call >> to >> recording stop.