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Reflections of Redemption — ror-eng-11-5784-pages — Vayigash 5784

Выпуск: Reflections of Redemption — ror-eng-11-5784-pages — Vayigash 5784. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. 11) 5784 2023 2 2 / REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF Horav Schneur Zalman Halevi v"g ben Horav Yitzchok Elchonon Halevi s"hv Shagalov Passed away on 21 Tamuz, 5766 Reb Dovid Asniel ben Reb Eliyahu v"g Ekman Passed away on 5 Sivan - Erev Shavuot, 5765 Mrs. R  R   \ 3 by Rabbi Dovid Yisroel Ber Kaufmann, Ph.D 4 / REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION Vayigash Joseph and Judah – Study and Action When Moshiach comes, the two approaches to serving G-d (study, represented by Joseph, and action, represented by Judah) will be united. However, there seems to be a problem, since the ‘one king’ that will rule over both segments of the Jewish people – the kingdom of Judah and the kingdom of Joseph – will come from Judah, as Ezekiel himself prophesies: “My servant David will rule over them forever.” This does not seem to be a complete or true unification, since the kingdom of Joseph will disappear and there will remain only the branch of Judah. Moshiach, Rambam explains, must be “a king from the house of David, expert in Torah and involved with mitzvos – as David his father.” The phrase “as David his father” means that not only will Moshiach be punctilious in the observance of mitzvos and unequaled in Torah knowledge, but he will do both – Torah and mitzvos – with the same effort, humility and self-nullification “as David his father.” (Based on Likkutei Sichos 25, pp. Even then, a Jew can be the master of the world, "the lord of the land."2 We thus receive governmental assistance in the manner depicted in the Torah: "The best of the land of Egypt is yours."3 Among the explanations why this paradoxical phenomenon is most pronounced in this generation, one can offer the following: Since our generation is the last generation of exile and the first of Redemption, preparing for the transformation of the exile into Redemption is emphasized through a "taste" of what is to come, now in the days of exile. Thus, as we stand at the very end of exile, we can experience the state of "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt." The closer we get to the transfo

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Reflections of Redemption

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22 декабря 2023 г.

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12

Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary