Shnayim Yomi - Vayechi - Sheni - #2 - Rabbi Jack Savdie - Yaakov's Surprise

[Music] Good morning. Today I'd like to begin with the per of Rashi is the great commentator whose commentary in the Torah has become indispensable and invaluable. There are literally hundreds of that have been written on the Torah. And today I'd like to share a few of those with you. As Yseph approaches au with his children tells him, "I did not expect to see your face again. and Hashem has shown me your children as well. Rashe comments in the puk that pi means thought that was telling I never thought to see your face to even see you again. And Rashi adds my heart didn't think didn't assume that I'll see your face again. And the question is what is Rashe adding exactly? If means I didn't think why is adding I didn't even have the thought. So rabbi from Turkey in the 1500s considered to be the primal commentator on he explains as follows. Not just did I not think that I would see your face. That's obvious. Obviously if for sure he would never think to see him alive. But Rashid is adding that the thought didn't even enter his mind that maybe he wasn't killed and that he was potentially alive. And that's what Rashi is adding. It didn't even come. I didn't even think of the possibility for a moment that you might be alive. The gur, the maharami says there's a different issue. If we explain it sounds like is telling I never thought of you for all of this time and that could only hurt yourself. And that is not true. And that's what she is explaining. It's not that I didn't think about you, but I didn't think that I would ever see you. It never entertained my mind that it was possible to be this way. And the nie is saying that there's a tremendous lesson to learn here is saying, I never made any. I didn't do anything to try to see you alive again because I gave up all hope. I thought it was over. I thought that was it. And look what happened. I'm seeing your children now is telling this is the way of Hashem's that sometimes he does something. He does something even when man hasn't put in any efforts. Obviously, we all have to do But sometimes when it's meant, it's meant. Hashem will make it happen even without our