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Parshat Vayechi December 18, 2021 14 Tevet, 5782
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on Parshat Vayechi
TORAH
ARTSCROLL 268 The book of Bereishit Egypt! And now, do not be accident. The plot to kill
HERTZ 180 ends on a sublime note of distressed and do not be angry him, his sale as a slave, the
false accusations of
with yourselves for selling me
reconciliation between
Jacob’s sons. Joseph’s here, because it was to save Potiphar’s wife, his time in
HAFTORAH brothers were afraid that lives that God sent me ahead prison, and his disappointed
ARTSCROLL 1145 he had not really forgiven of you. For two years now hope that the chief butler
HERTZ 191 them for selling him into there has been famine in the would remember him and
slavery. They suspected land, and for the next five secure his release – all
that he was merely years there will be no these events that might
Times delaying his revenge until ploughing and reaping. But have cast him into ever-
their father died. After God sent me ahead of you to deeper depths of despair
Jacob’s death, they preserve for you a remnant on turned out in retrospect to
Weekly Times express their concern to earth and to save your lives by be necessary steps in the
Shacharit: Sun. 7:30/8:30 am him. But Joseph insists: a great deliverance. So then, it journey that eventuated in
Mon. & Thurs. 6:35/7:45 am “Do not be afraid. Am I in was not you who sent me here, his becoming second-in-
the place of God? You but God.” (Gen. 45:3-8) command in Egypt and the
Tues. 0/7:45 am intended to harm me, but one person capable of
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Asara B’Tevet God intended it for good, This is a crucial moment in the saving the whole country –
Wed. & Fri. 6:45/7:45 am to accomplish what is history of faith. It marks the as well as his own family –
Mincha 4:10 pm now being done, the birth of forgiveness, the first from starvation in the years
saving of many lives. So recorded moment at which one of famine. Joseph had, in
Shabbat Times person forgives another for a
then, do not be afraid. I wrong they have suffered. But double measure, one of the
Candle Lighting 4:10 pm will provide for you and it also establishes another necessary gifts of a leader:
your children.” And he the ability to keep going
Friday Mincha 4:10 pm reassured them and important principle: the idea of despite opposition, envy,
spoke kindly to them. Divine Providence. History is false accusation and
Hashkama 8:00 am (Gen. 50:19-21) This is not, as Joseph Heller called it, repeated setbacks. Every
the second time Joseph “a trash bag of random leader who stands for
Parsha Shiur 8:30 am coincidences blown open in the
has said something like wind.” It has a purpose, a anything will face
Main Sanctuary 9:00 am this to them. Earlier he point, a plot. God is at work opposition. This may be a
spoke similarly when he genuine conflict of interests.
Youth Minyan 9:00 am first disclosed that he – behind the scenes. “There’s a A leader elected to make
the man they thought divinity that shapes our ends,” society more equitable will
Beit Midrash 9:15 am was an Egyptian viceroy says Hamlet, “rough-hew them almost certainly win the
called Tzophnat how we will.” Joseph’s support of the poor and the
Gemara Shiur 3:35 pm greatness was that he sensed
Pa’aneach – was in fact this. He saw the bigger picture. antagonism of the rich. One
Mincha/SS 4:05 pm their brother Joseph: “I Nothing in his life, he now elected to reduce the tax
am your brother Joseph, burden will do the opposite.
Shabbat Ends 5:19 pm the one you sold into knew, had happened by
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