Shnayim Yomi - Vayechi - Shlishi - #3 - Rabbi Jack Savdie - The Power of Prayer

[Music] Good morning. Today I'd like to take a look at one puk with his tarum a little more closely because throughout the Torah the Targum has beautiful beautiful uh perushim that are contained within the translation. So let's see an example. After request from Yseph to be buried inan he tells him I gave you I gave you either one extra portion or actually the city of in addition to what all your brothers get you're getting extra that I took that I got from the with my sword and with my bow. If we look at the he seems to change the meaning of Jacob's words. The says that I took from the with my prayer and with my request. Why did the choose to change the meaning the simple meaning of these words in Sephen? He explains that the Tum here is functioning based on two kaleim. First of all, the Tum always wants to explain what fits historically and what fits with the Pashhat. If we look at the Pashhat, who were the ones to conquer the city of Shemiu was not involved in conquering the city of Shem. So, how could he say? Secondly, the hakim always want to downplay military might and military victory and rather ascribe the victory to this is a in I don't trust in my bow and my sword will not help me and therefore it wouldn't fit. with Jacob Au to be bragging about his military prowess. Rather is saying we conquered the city of my prayers is and is but there's a tremendous insight given by Abramski who says that the Targum is addressing a problem in the of the here because the order is the order is sword followed by bow. And in fighting, that is not the order. When there's a battle, first the archers are sent out. They send a volley of arrows and then they send in the infantry and they have hand-to-hand combat. So the order should be and because of that difficulty in the can't be the plain meaning of what was saying and therefore it's interpreted as prayer explained as like a like it sounds and is because The protects a person. The the prayer protects a person just like av does. And this shows that Jacob Ainu was proud of his prayers and valued prayers over military might. And this is the precedent of our says it comes from here from the statement of Jacob Abu.