Window to the Future | Rabbi Yoir Adler

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Chazal Hakedoshim tell us, when Yosef Hatzadik was faced with his most difficult challenge, He decided, enough’s enough, I can’t withstand this anymore, and he was about to sin with אשת פוטיפר. All of a sudden, He saw the image of his father through the window, and that gave him the strength of character to say ״וימאן״. Why did Chazal emphasize that he saw the דמות of his father through a window? Perhaps the Pshat is based on something I once heard by a הספד. The Passuk says The death crept through the window. How does death come to a window? So this מספיד explained, the concept of a window is a person’s confined in a certain area. Through the medium of a window, he can see what’s going on miles away from where he is. Many people, when they pass away,

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1. 0:03Chazal Hakedoshim tell us, when Yosef Hatzadik was faced with his most difficult challenge, He decided,…
2. 0:33that he saw the דמות of his father through a window? Perhaps the Pshat is based…
3. 1:03that closes a window. Many people, during their lifetime, are a link for us to a…
4. 1:33My saintly great uncle Rav Segal, the Manchester Rosh Yeshiva Zt”l used to say it in…
5. 2:04if i say, “וימאן.”…

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