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Likkutei Sichos Vayigash 5786: Why Did Yosef Cry for His Brother's Pain, Not for Himself?

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

Likkutei Sichos Vayigash 5786: Why Did Yosef Cry for His Brother's Pain, Not for Himself?

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bus. >> Yeah. Okay, make yourselves comfortable. Good morning everybody. Welcome. Okay, this copies on the bimma. I want to thank Kaplan as always for the beautiful copies. Thank you very much. Okay, today's class is dedicated and you'll forgive me in advance if I don't pronounce the names exactly perfectly because I don't know Mandarin so well. So it's dedicated by Wei Ru Jang Wayu Jang in loving memory of his dear mother Shuen Lee. So dedicated by Wayu Jang in memory of his dear mother Shuen Lee who passed away on the sixth day of Tavis 5778 which means her yat is tomorrow and may her soul be an everlasting source of blessing and love and light and inspiration and to always accompany you spiritually and shower all channel all the blessings from above for many long happy and healthy years and thank you very very much. Amen. [clears throat] Okay. Today we're going to learn a from the from the labb that he said of Shabas that was actually also Zion just like this year Shabas is that year also Shabas was the seventh of Shabas just like this year that's December 12th 1964. I don't know the calendar bal from 1964. I just checked it up because I like to see the dates. And it's published in the 10th chap the 10th volume of the Reb focuses here on a very famous rashi in part which is based on a gim but really reveals uh a level of depth in the story that it's easy to miss in the beginning. So let's see.

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