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Thoughts on the Story of Yosef Hatzadik | By Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a (5786)

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Rabbi Asher Weiss

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  1. 0:00So in this week's para the story of Makf draws to a dramatic end [clears throat]…
  2. 1:34[snorts] and so many questions arise. When we learn these parips seems to be enjoying tormenting…
  3. 3:38brothers? [snorts] I always argued maybe a different approach. Ysef knows his father. [snorts] If he…
  4. 5:10didn't tell his father what transpired but how about ysef's actions the way we relate to…
  5. 7:18it is these are godly events nothing is normal Ysef knew his brothers he knew they're…
  6. 8:52he becomes a housekeeper but one of the most powerful people in mit and then the…
  7. 10:57brothers to Tikun and Shu Shala the price will pay will be unbearable unthinkable. Ysef understands…
  8. 12:45That is aimus. [snorts] Ysef knows this is for him to fix. And Ysef goes against…
  9. 14:48that is the moment when could stand it no longer. And he breaks down crying and…
  10. 16:21Five youngest siblings were sent to the gas chambers. My father and two brothers were sent…

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