The Grand Reveal - Rabbi Aharon Ciment

the shebang told yaakov avinu that yoshi was alive though yaakov didn't believe them until finally the shepherd came to yaakov and told yaakov all that yosev had spoken and it was only then that yaakov believed the shvatim very difficult to understand this especially since after yosef was lost the shebang come to yaakov to console him and he refused to be consoled and rashi explains the reason why he was refusing to be consoled is because he assumed that ultimately he was alive well then why is it in this week's parasha parishes by egash when finally the shvatim come and tell their father that indeed he is alive he doesn't believe them and he clearly knew he had this premonition that indeed yosef was still alive i think that what's going on over here is that yaakov avinu he didn't necessarily not believe that he was alive but he didn't believe that the shvatim actually were on talking terms with their brother yosef yaakov had a difficult time understanding digesting that indeed the shebatim and yosef had made up it was only after the shvatim had told their father that they were speaking that they were conversing they knew what was going on in the life of yosef did ultimately yaakov come around and indeed believe that the brothers had reconciled the greatest nachos for parents is for children to be close for brothers and sisters to love each other to not get easily offended or to be angry at one another or if shamsham the greatest such a great sadhak the greatest thinker of his generation what did he write in his the only thing that mattered to him is that his children should remain close