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Shemos – 5778
Shemos – 5778
Shemos 5778
THE TRAVELER AND THE FARMER
In this week’s Parsha, Shemos, the Torah teaches us the power of yearning and hoping.
After informing us of the political atmosphere in Egypt how it was slanted against our people, the Parsha discusses the birth of Moshe. As it continues discussing the development of Moshe the Parsha breaks with the situation in Egypt how it took a turn for the worse and how our people cried out to HaShem. The commentaries explain the reason for this break was to indicate that the next stage of Moshe’s development was a result of our people’s crying out to HaShem. Immediately following that break HaShem appears to Moshe and instructs him to return to Egypt to take his people out. The Parsha is telling us that HaShem chose this moment to appoint Moshe to his mission because the people cried out; their situation had become unbearable.
Vayigash – 5778
Vayigash – 5778
Vayigash – 5778
Vayigash 5778
SURVIVAL IN THE WILD
As we read this week’s Parsha, Vayigash, the incredible righteousness of Yosef is revealed. To appreciate the depth of his character let us spend a paragraph reviewing what transpired so that we can appreciate Yosef’s reaction.
Yaakov showed favoritism to Yosef by choosing him from the other sons in grooming him to be the leader. As a result, his brothers harbored a deep hatred and jealousy for him. This jealousy moved them to convict Yosef to be sold into eternal slavery. Once a person was enslaved in Egypt there was never a hope of being freed.