When Yaakov and family depart for Egypt, they appear to be planning just a short visit, i.e. to see Yosef and to survive the famine. Yet, for some reason, they never return to Eretz Canaan (not at least for the next several hundred years)!
Was life in Egypt simply too good?
Could it be that the ‘Promised Land’ was not important to them? Could it be that Yaakov’s family did not care about God’s covenant with Avraham & Yitzchak? [See for example Breishit 26:1-4!]
While answering these questions, this week’s shiur will also lay the groundwork for our study of the thematic transition from Sefer Breishit to Sefer Shmot.
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