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Parashat Vayyachi This concludes the Pentateuch of Genesis. Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt. Very interesting. There is a Parashat Vayyachi in our entire Torah. Two Parashats titled: Yaakov lived, and Yaakov lived, and Sara lived, and Shetiya. They are there. They talk about death. About the death of Yaakov and the death of Sarah, our mother. Yaakov lived. Sara lived. death. About the death of Yaakov and the death of Sarah, our mother. Yaakov lived. Sara lived. This is already life. Life ends. So why did the Torah call it life. What is life? What is the definition of life? How does the world understand? I walk. I eat. I drink. I walk. It seems like life. It can be a life that ends. Life that ends. ends. Life that ends. This world ends. The concept of life is eternal life. You live. You do mitzvot. You elevate your time. Our sages said: The righteous in their beds live. Their death is called life. The wicked in their lives are called dead. What are you doing in your life? What have you you doing in your life? What have you done? What do you aspire to? Yes, let Yaakov live. Let Yaakov live. Our sages said: Our father Yaakov did not die. His seed is alive. He is alive. Yes, let Yaakov live. This is the right life. The life of Sarah is the life. Eternal life. To make this world eternal. But we need to But we need to see in our Torah how we relate to the right things according to the Torah's view. When Joseph comes to Jacob, he hears that he is sick. Here is a new thing. Here is the Midrash: Until Jacob our father, there was no sick person in the world. His
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