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Good evening. We continue with the commandments and virtues. We are in chapter 10 of the Book of Genesis. When Jacob and Joseph meet after 22 years of separation. So the verse says, verse 29 in chapter 40, and Joseph ascended from his chariot and went up to meet his father, Israel, Goshen, and he saw him and fell on his sabers and beat his sabers. Chazal also say that Joseph wept over the sabers of our forefather Jacob, peace be upon him, but Jacob says Rashi, in the name of the Midrash, he did not fall over the sabers of Joseph. Why does Rashi say that the books of Joseph did not fall and were not kissed? And our rabbis said that he would read the Shema at the end of the previous lesson. We talked about it right now. Our forefather Jacob found himself reading the Shema. They say that it was the time for the Shema. This very moment was the time for the Shema. It is a little difficult to understand this, but there is a It is a little difficult to understand this, but there is a great deal here to understand what the Shema is. Our forefather Jacob did not see Joseph for 22 years. He thought that he was dead. He thought that if Joseph died, then he would fear Sheol, God forbid, because he had a promise that if he did not die of his anger in his lifetime, he would not descend. The law came from him. The Holy Spirit departed from him. The Shekhinah now suddenly sees Joseph. Wow, what a huge message. Now he has come to thank the Holy One, blessed be He. This is a message that cannot be grasped to what extent, so precisely
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