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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

The Torah portion we will read, God willing, this Sabbath—Parashat Vayechi of the year 5784—is the portion that concludes, God willing, the Book of Genesis. The Book of Genesis is called by our Sages the " Book of the Patriarchs." Its name in the Gemara, Tractate Avodah Zarah, is " The Book of the Upright," named after the holy Patriarchs who were called " upright." So says the Gemara in Tractate Avodah Zarah, as it is written : "Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his." These are the things brought by the Gemara in Tractate Avodah Zarah. Before we focus the conversation on the main topic we want to deal with today, which is the subject of Joseph's blessing—Jacob's blessing to Manasseh and Ephraim—that is the subject we want to elaborate on a little, God willing, with heavenly assistance. But first of all, let us open with a point at the beginning of the portion: "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 17 years; and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were seven and forty and one hundred years." The Baal HaTurim here at the beginning of the portion brings several ideas; the first of them: "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt"—to say that Jacob our Patriarch did not live a good life without sorrow, but rather only according to the count of "Vayechi."" Vayechi" has a gematria (numerical value) of 34. 17 years from when Joseph was born until he was sold, and 17 years in Egypt. So in total, he had 34

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