Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Vayeishev 5781

welcome to this week's torah lesson this week's torah portion is partial of ayashiv the question of the week is what does it mean when we say man plans and god laughs so in this week's torah portion the torah begins by yesh of yaakov finally settles down and the torah portion is called the asia yaakov is settling down you look in the torah portion the whole torah portion deals with yosef and his brother is trying to kill him then they sell him joseph struggles and in the middle you have the story yehuda marrying a woman having children the children get married and then the children die and yahoo the struggles so the question is what does this have to do with yaakov relaxing how can a father relax when his son his two sons are going through all this turmoil so the rebbe explains something very powerful based on the madrish the mentor says based on a verse in jeremiah hashem says the tribes were busy trying to sell the brother yehuda is busy trying to get married and hashem says i know all the thoughts they're doing their thing but when i am busy i am busy preparing and planting the seed for the coming of the meshiach and we all know through yehuda's marriage with tamar came the ultimate birth of the coming of mashiach so the rabbi explains yaakov is sitting back trying to relax coffee it's all of rugs and yosef as rashi says what does that mean on a positive side that the reigns of you save on a positive side is that yosef is about yoisei going into exile and taking exile taking something else another which is countless of godliness and turning it you're safe into hashem paris is going beyond our limitations going beyond what we think we're capable of doing that is a miniature redemption that we can all experience so vaishav yaakov even a positive light is you look like it seems like joseph's in trouble you heard this in trouble but the truth is as the madras tells us really what's happening is yosef is creating a transformation yehuda is creating a potential for a great transformation so to answer the question what does it mean when we say man plans and god laughs we think something terrible bad is happening but hashem is laughing because the truth is everything is good everything is great what we might see short-sightedly as a challenge the truth is hashem is preparing for us great and grand blessings thanks so much for joining us for our weekly tour lesson this week's tarot lesson is dedicated to memory of barak banari live banyose from rocco baslipa may their souls be elevated by the torah we're studying in their memory have a great and blessed week and happy hanukkah for more information please see our website chabadswf.org