Wake Up and Smell the Coffee- Mikeitz On Fire

[Music] no story in the entire toyra is given more real estate than the story of ysep atad no story has more ink used on it than the unbelievably fascinating Oreal of YF why is that perhaps it's because contained within it is the secret to the Jews survival for thousands of years perhaps it contains the key to the Jews thriving in Exile and the weapon the Jews used went up against the Egyptians and the Babylonians and the Persians and the syrians and the Greeks and the Romans and the inquisitions and the Crusaders and the kasaks and the Bolsheviks and the Nazis and Hamas the story of YF is the story of the Jews in Exile and it holds the secret to their success what is that secret we all know the story in this week's para the brothers almost kill YF and then they send him to MIM and he rises in the ranks to become second in command and then a Great Famine descends the land and the brothers go to YF to get food and YF sees them but he remains hidden he sends them back with food but he demands they bring back their youngest brother baman when and then they do so and yoseph places a goblet into yosef's sack of food and claiming that he stole it and yoseph throws baman in jail and the brothers panic and they're doomed and their father yakob is going to die of grief and they're confused and they're scared and Yehuda the strong one trembling he steps forward and just as he's about to open his mouth just as he's about to plea and cry and beg for Ben yam just as the story is at its absolute climax the para ends now why does the tah end smack in the middle of a raging story why does the paraa not include 30 more words to let us know what happened is the par intended to be some sort of page Turner is the Tyra trying to be some sort of Trilogy in which we split up the story so you keep coming back for the next installment perhaps the answer is that the t is telling us the secret to Our Success the key to our survival throughout the ages and that is we don't need to know the end of the story to know that the end of the story is going to be a good one we don't need to know the end of the situation because we know that whatever Hashem does is for the best and no amount of pain and anguish will ever make us think otherwise we don't need to know the end of the story for we know there is a master plan and a God who is running it we don't need to know what will happen at the end of a famine or a Siege or a war or an inquisition for we know that there is only one author to our story and you can bet your bottom dollar that he knows exactly what he's doing when Yosef was sold as a slave to a band of Arab merchants the Tyra tells us that he was carrying they were carrying Pleasant smelling spices and Raji explains that this is telling us that Hashem will always look out for the welfare of righteous people and therefore he arranged that YF was sold to Merchants carrying Pleasant smelling merchandise now let's take a step back for a second do you honestly think that Joseph cared what those Merchants were carrying he was just thrown into a pit with snakes and scorpions by his own brothers who after deciding not to murder him grabbed and placed him in Chains and sold him as a slave to Arabs never to be heard from again do you honestly think he cared about the spices the merchants were carrying do you honestly think he even noticed the spices they were carrying the answer is yes for ysep knew the secret to surviving gullis YF knew that he did not need to know the end of the story to know that the end of the story was a good one he was so sure that this was for the best that he had the mental space to look around him and smell the wonderful fragrance when we looked into the faces of the Egyptians and the Babylonians and the Persians and the syrians and the Greeks and the Romans and the inquisitions and the Crusaders and the kasaks and the biks and the Nazis and Hamas terrorists we were armed with the secret we got from YF we don't need to know the end of the story to know that the end of our story is a good one we don't need to worry what will happen to us because we know there is a master plan with a master planner we look into their faces and remember J and we gain strength we never lose hope in our lives we sometimes let anxiety and stress take up too much space in our minds and it prevents us from seeing the ocean of goodness all around us we allow the worries of the big things in life to prevent us from enjoying the million small things YF reminds us that if we were to clear up space in our overcrowded Minds we too would wake up and smell the wonderful smells around us yph taught us the secret to our nation's ability to keep on keeping on he taught us the anthem to which we have been marching down the road of History we don't need to know the end of the story to know that at our end all will be good [Music]