Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Parsha Vayechi 5779

[Applause] it's time for rabbi Minko it's weekly Torah lesson here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi Mingo it's welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week's Torah portion is partial IFE the question of the week is what is the greatest comfort you can give someone so in this week's Torah portion phosphite II which is also practiced as act it's the last tour abortion we find something very interesting it will end in a Torah portion at the end of the top portion after Jacob dies the brothers go oh my gosh our dad's not alive he was our hero he was a protector he's the one that kept the peace in the family and now maybe Joseph is gonna take revenge from us so the brothers went into a panic and to a fear and they come to Joseph when they say Joseph that's it we're gonna be your slaves we're sorry what we did for you we know you're gonna take revenge from us and Joseph turns to Devon and tells them and such beautiful words he says you think that what you did was you were trying to hurt me maybe you thought you're trying to hurt me and he says like this elohim Keshava the Toba everything that you did God planned it all for the good so that we can have the success that we have today what does that mean what Joseph was telling them was as follows by way of introduction we know in the time of the Talmud teaches us that when a person goes ahead and sins against God and you want to cleanse those sins you want to purify and transform those sins so the Talmud tells us when a person does chuhwa repentance out of a vat of love you come to the realization that oh my gosh the only thing that you like in the world is God and God is everything and you really really love God and you want to cleave to God from love not Adam or not another fear now the pressure but you just love God so much even if you sink intentionally that we transformed into something positive why is that because when you realize that God loves you and you love God everything goes away everything goes away so in other words Ossa was telling them you think you did this you did that no God runs the world God created the world God planned everything and maybe yes you even if you had in mind to do something bad to me but guess what there was nothing that happened was not in God's plan and because everything is God in God's plan I'm not upsetting you you didn't do anything wrong and they actually felt great about it so the answer the question what is the greatest comfort you can give someone telling them that everything in their life whatever happens to the right-to-left that a good to everything God is holding their hand through everything they're going through and that is the greatest comfort knowing that God is with you thanks for joining us this week's Torah lesson is dedicated in the memory of Barack Benari lab and van Joseph may their souls be elevated by the Torah we're studying in their memory for more information please see our website [Music]