Thursday, December 21, 2023

Fwd: Tending to the Needs of Others


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From: Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman <rabbifriedman@kehot.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 21, 2023, 8:20 AM
Subject: Tending to the Needs of Others
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Parshat Vayigash - \ December 21, 2023 \ 9 Tevet, 5784

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Dear Friend,

An insight by the Rebbe on parshat Vayigash, selected from

our Daily Wisdom by Rabbi Moshe Wisnefsky.


Realizing Divine Providence

Now, do not be distressed or reproach yourselves for

having sold me here, since it was in order to provide for

your needs that G-d sent me ahead of you. (Gen. 45:5)


It was Divine providence that Joseph, of all his brothers, was

the one who was the first of his family to reach Egypt. Joseph

was uniquely suited to prepare the way for the family: He alone

possessed the spiritual fortitude to remain true to his ideals even

while rising to become viceroy of the materialistic empire of Egypt.


By combining spiritual integrity with administrative acumen, he

was able to provide for his family both spiritually and materially

when they finally arrived. Ultimately, the setting he orchestrated for

them is what enabled the family to both survive their subsequent

slavery and develop into a people fit to accept G-d's mission by

receiving the Torah.


We can all learn from Joseph, recognizing how Divine providence

has placed us in whatever position of influence we occupy, and realizing that the purpose of this providence is "to provide for the needs" – spiritual and physical – of those whom the same Divine providence has entrusted to our care.

--Daily Wisdom Volume 3


May G-d grant our people a decisive victory over our enemies,

Gut Shabbos,

Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman

Kehot Publication Society


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