A Short Thought on Parshas Vayigash | By Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a | 5783

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[Music] I get jobs [Music] asks a fundamental question is all the power of the world in his hands why doesn't he do the first thing he should do is send a messenger to yankovino and say your son is alive foreign he doesn't know what happened to Joseph he's probably assumes that Joseph is dead why doesn't Joseph send the messenger says Joseph doesn't want to be malab he doesn't want to hurt his brothers and tell yankov the terrible story of majidis Joseph but I don't understand should we care for should we care more for the perpetuators or for the victim the brothers did an awful thing threw him into a pit with snakes and scorpions sold them and does he have more harmonious on them or in his old father Yankovic as a broken heart for years not knowing what happened to yasuff my second question is even a more troubling one Joseph doesn't need to tell yankov what happened he could just tell him I'm alive and even if younger will inquire what happened tell me the story is you don't need to tell the truth when you're going to hurt others Joseph could make up a story I went to look for my brothers and I didn't find them and it was Pitch Black and then some cannibals snatched me away and he doesn't need to blame his brothers at all tellyankova's story whatever you want to tell them but just let him know you're alive so let me explain to you my feeling and my Approach from the first moment Yusuf understands this is not just coincidence I know my brothers the Great sadika deisham and tired it's not them they would never do such a cruel bad thing they wouldn't hurt our beloved and great

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1. 0:01[Music] I get jobs [Music] asks a fundamental question is all the power of the world…
2. 1:07should we care for should we care more for the perpetuators or for the victim the…
3. 2:09whatever you want to tell them but just let him know you're alive so let me…
4. 3:11has a lot of time for contemplation and it's clear to him this is it's bigger…
5. 4:13and he succeeds and then the king dreams and the entire land no one could be…
6. 5:15any initiative I don't know what I call this book has in mind if I could…
7. 6:18this terrible story of because Joseph knows we will pay a terrible price in the future…
8. 7:20why would Yosef warn to eavesdrop and overhear what they're talking about because the Ace of…
9. 8:20and that is the primary blame it's not on the act of selling Yosef how could…
10. 9:25that is real Brotherhood you this says I am willing to pay the price my brother…

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