Shnayim Yomi - Vayechi - Shishi - #6 - Rabbi Jack Savdie - Yosef Hatzadik: Lifeline of Egypt

Good morning. Today I'd like to give an example of what we call a deep interpretation to give a simple meaning to the puk. The Torah tells us that Yseph spoke to and he asked him to pass a message on the message being that Jacob his father asked him to bury him inan and he would like to leave Egypt in order to go and fulfill his father's wish. But there's an obvious question here. Why did Yseph use an intermediary to go and request on his behalf to Why didn't Ysef asked the king himself a second in command? Obviously, he had access to parvki [snorts] in his book provides two answers. The first answer he quotes from his father Kvski the stifler and he explains that Ysef knew that would refuse his request. Tell Ysef you can't leave Egypt. The entire sustenance of Egypt is dependent on you. The country needs you. I can't handle this without you. There is no way that you can leave even for a short period of time. Ysef knew that if he sent if he sent intermediaries would never tell them that would never divulge the fact that Yseph is so indispensable to his reign and therefore he sent to Shim to get a positive answer. And then Rev. Kyfki provides his own answer. He points out that Yseph was a veil at that point. Even though many days passed, they still didn't even bury Jacob Aino yet. He was still mourning over his father. And we know from you cannot come into the palace of the king when you're wearing sackcloth and clothing that depicts mourning. And therefore, Yseph couldn't get in to the palace to speak to parole. So he had to send messengers. But just to conclude with the first answer, it shows us how integral Yseph was to the reign of Par. And he is the first of many, many Jews who were integral to the reign of the leaders of the goim different times in our history. Hanagan and others were invaluable to the governing rulers throughout history. And this is what the Torah tells us.