Transcript
Auto-generated transcript. Not time-synced to the video.
it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly
Torah lesson a place where life's most
difficult questions are answered here
with his spiritual perspective and
insight
rabbi megaliths welcome to this week's
Torah lesson this week's Torah portion
is processed by you gosh the question of
the week is how come Jews are
unconditionally kind so in this week's
Torah portion practice my gosh we learn
about the most dramatic experience that
takes place in the Bible or at least one
of them where Joseph being disconnected
for his brought from his brothers for
many many years and especially after
they originally wanted to kill him and
they sold him as a slave they finally
meet up face-to-face
Joseph reveals himself to his brothers
they get like shocked and he says don't
worry I am going to take care of you I'm
gonna supply you with everything that
you need no questions asked totally
unconditional love to beatific for his
brothers for his father and for the
whole family now what's interesting is
that we know the ready brings out that
says in Psalms that no a-cut sogno he
sees that the Jewish people till today
besides the fact that we have patriarchs
and matriarchs the Jewish people are
known as Joseph and others we have a
direct connection to Joseph so there'll
be asked what's the connection what is
our connection to Joseph the fact that
he fed us which is true we was a famine
and if Joseph didn't feed us maybe God
we would have all died so the fact that
we're alive today because of Joseph is
true and maybe that's one of the reasons
but the fact that was a one-time
experience see if he did there's
something tremendous for the Jewish
people and we're all I'd say thanks to
him but that wouldn't be a reason to
that we should be called Joseph and the
Rebbe explains because not only did he
keep us alive but more importantly
Joseph had a certain powerful quality
what was Joseph's quality he had amongst
many was that his brothers wanted to
kill him in simple English it's called
they wanted to do harm to him they
wanted to hurt him when Joseph's turn
was to meet them he could have easily
naturally been reactive and gave them
bad
they gave and maybe done some but he
didn't not only didn't he say a word he
actually was kind to them super kind to
them and when they said to him was
scared you're gonna do something does
he's no no no no you didn't do anything
wrong to me God had a plan and I am here
going to be good to you and be there for
you unconditionally unconditionally kind
and the Rebbe says that not only did
Joseph feed them physical food but he
also embedded within them that quality
that when someone does something that
nice you or ugly or evil or mean you
should still be kind and extremely kind
to the other person and there because
that's why we are called Noah cuts on us
if that's what we are called the
children of Joseph because every single
Jew which answers the question how come
Jews are unconditionally crying because
every single Jew hands within him in his
bones as an inheritance and Joseph to be
kind and extremely kind and
unconditionally kind even at times when
someone was not nice to you and someone
hurt you we still will remain
exclusively and unconditionally kind
this week's Torah lesson is a memory of
bora pandari leave and Ben Yosef
may their souls be elevated for the
Torah that we're studying in their
memory thanks so much for joining us for
our weekly Torah lesson for more
information on Habad please see our
website
you
