0:00 / 0:00
Tapping into Vayimaen | Rabbi Nachum Binder
906 views
Learn more about Vayimaen and join our WhatsApp group here: https://www.vayimaen.org/ #vayimaen #shmiraseinayim
Categories:
Torah
Comments(0)
Transcript
Auto-generated transcript. Not time-synced to the video.
When Yosef HaTzaddik faced that
ultimate Nisayon of Eishes Potiphar,
the Torah tells us
that Yosef HaTzaddik was Misgaber,
overcame his Yetzer Hara
with the power of
And the Sefarim ask,
Why does the Torah use the word,
he refused?
Why doesn't it say,
he didn't want?
In the Sefer Afikei Yehuda,
from one of the great Gedolim
in the 18th century,
he answers this question
with a very big Yesod.
He tells us,
What was Eishes Potiphar thinking?
How did she think
that Yosef HaTzaddik
would fall to such a test,
would fall to such a Yetzer Hara?
And he says
that Eishes Potiphar knew
the natural capabilities of a human being,
and she knew that there's some things
that naturally we cannot overcome.
With enough persuasion,
with enough תאווה,
with enough Nisayon,
it's not natural for a person to overcome.
But Yosef HaTzaddik
did not overcome it naturally.
Yosef HaTzaddik overcame it
with the power of וימאן.
It's not ולא אבה,
it's not that he didn't want.
Naturally, he wanted it.
Zogt the Afikei Yehuda,
A Yid has the power
to access supernatural Kochos,
when it comes to fighting our Yetzer Hara.
The power of וימאן represents
that even when naturally there's
no way to overcome this Yetzer Hara,
we are bigger than nature.
We can overcome what can't be overcome.
And I think that that's what
Chazal mean when they tell us
that Yosef HaTzaddik saw
דמות דיוקנו של אביו בחלון
he saw that image of Yaakov Avinu.
What Yosef HaTzaddik realized
and recognized at that moment was
I am different.
I am Yaakov Avinu’s son.
And as Yaakov Avinu’s son,
I am greater than nature
and I am greater than the Yetzer Hara
that nature brings my way.
מוריי ורבותיי,
we all have that Ko’ach of וימאן.
Yes, there are times when
we feel that we can't anymore.
There are times that we feel that
naturally, there's nothing for me to do.
But at that moment,
we have to be able to tap in
to our inner selves of who we are,
as בני אברהם, יצחק ויעקב
and say: No.
וימאן.
I won’t.
And if we tap into that וימאן,
then we really won't.
And then we'll be zoche
to all the Brachos that
Yosef HaTzaddik was zoche to
when he did his וימאן,
with our וימאן.