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Sefas Tamim — Vayechi 5786

Выпуск: Sefas Tamim — Vayechi 5786. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. c"qa SEFAS TAMIM FOUNDATION Emphasizing Everyday Emes The IRS Needs Proof mely zn` oic Volume VI Issue #11 Parshas Vayechi, 14 Teves, 5786 Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman January 3, 2026 – Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara – . To ensure sixty years and was widely regarded as “the principal's that I do not inadvertently mistake these personal checks principal.” for personal charitable donations and claim them as deductions on my tax returns, I mark ‘Chalifin’ on these Many years ago, Rav Mandel was selected for an IRS audit. Accordingly, I could have easily discrepancy of $500.” claimed many more charitable contributions on my tax return, maintained these checks as proof of the donations, Rav Mandel responded calmly, “As noted on my tax return, and no one would have been the wiser. The supervisor then rose and Shul, situations in which formal receipts are not issued.” addressed Rav Mandel: “Please allow us a few moments “You are correct, Rabbi,” the auditor acknowledged, for deliberation,” he said, before leaving the room with the reviewing the documents before him. answer is that if Pharoah was hesitant to permit Yoseph “With this, I have explained the Midrash in Koheles on to keep his commitment to Yaakov, Yoseph could tell the verse (11:9) ‘Young man, be happy in your childhood, Pharoah that he had taken an oath and must do it – this let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth… would help persuade Pharoah into letting him keep his understand clearly that for all of these things, Hashem will commitment. The second answer is that Yoseph would bring this person to judgment.’ try harder to keep his word since in addition to the promise that he made to Yaakov, he also took an oath Illustrating this idea by way of a parable: There was a man who was escaping from the marshal (a marshal is a judge about it. point at which Yoseph could rationalize not being able to ‘Do not run so far so that you will not have to walk back fulfill his father’s wishes and say to himself, “It is now too as far.’ Take this lesson and ‘understand that for all of difficult to keep what I had promised my father. Surely, these things, Hashem will bring this man to judgment.’ my father would have been amenable to be buried

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Sefas Tamim

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