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Midrash Raba Vayechi 1 · Rabbi Benjy's Shiur

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  Parashat Vayiki Madrid rubber sheer number one of the week.
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  The big question to answer for Parashat Vayiki, at least at the
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  At the beginning isn't a particular word, but it's a
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  nuance that you find if you've ever looked at a safe Vitara.
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  Between the end of 1 sedra and the beginning of the next.
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  There's always a little gap, a space by at least nine letters
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  normally. Now in the case of parachute
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  Vayuhi, Vayu gash ends wherever it ends in the column, and then
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  Vayuhi begins straight away. And that's something that's
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  totally unusual. And the Madras, before even
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  looking at the words themselves, wants to look at why.
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  Why the strange phenomena when it comes to the etcetera of
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  Vayuhi, Obviously the last parasher in the Book of
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  Borishet. So let's begin.
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  Lama Parasherdus Duma Why of all the Torah portions in the whole
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  Torah, is this 1 closed, boxed in by the previous parish
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  without the gap? Ella Kevan Shiniftai Yaakov Once
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  our forefather Yaakov passed away, the Egyptian slavery began
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  against our people. All right, now what does that
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  mean? Because he doesn't pass away in
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  the very first sentence, actually it describes his life
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  and describes him living in Egypt and describes him meeting
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  Youssef and the grandchildren and how incredible that was for
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  him. So what is the Madrid doing?
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  Because it's clearly not a statement that's true of the
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  opening paragraph at all, that Yaakov passed away.
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  He ends up blessing the children.
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  He gives prophecies to the future that eventually in the in
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  the short parisher, he passes away.
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  So what is actually being said in this comment?
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  We can take it even further because the slavery didn't begin
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  with the death of Yaakov. Youssef ruled in Egypt,
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  according to our sources, for 54 years after Yaakov died, and so
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  completely unlikely that his Mishbaka, his family were going
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  to be enslaved by the Egyptians if their brother is the big
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  boss. And we have other sources that
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  suggest that the slavery didn't start until the very last child
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  of Yaakov passed away. But before we try to answer any
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  of these questions, we have to finish the Medras.
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  Dvaraka, another Dvaraka, another interpretation to why
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  the etcetera is boxed in without the usual gap.
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  Lamai stuma Mpinesha Pikesh Yaakov, Avinu de Galotte takets
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  Vinistam Mimenu Yaakov wanted to reveal the end.
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  How everything was going to come to a conclusion, but Mr. It was
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  closed. It was concealed like the
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  parisher is concealed. And if you are the one who is
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  leaning on Shabbat, you've got to be able to locate the word
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  via he in the middle of the sentence to know exactly where
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  this parisher starts. It's almost a hidden concealed
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  beginning to the parisher. And the third interpretation,
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  Davar Akhar, another interpretation, Lamahi stuma.
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  Why is it closed? Mipnay Shah satam mimeno colt
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  Sarah Shabarolam. Because during Yaakov's time in
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  Mitzrayim in Egypt, Hashem closed off from him all the
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  troubles in the world after the most horrendous life.
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  I mean, Yaakov has had a horrendous life, which needs to
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  remind us that doesn't matter how holy and pious you are, how
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  connected to God you are, it doesn't mean that you're going
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  to live a charmed life. OK.
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  But when he was in Mitzrayim, Yaakov experienced only
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  tranquility and quiet. We can use the word nachos from
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  the family. He was able to do his thing with
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  Hashem live without any challenges at all.
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  So this portion is closed in order to hint something positive
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  rather than negative. So it's interesting we have a
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  negative comment to start off the the first interpretation,
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  then we have another -1 and finally followed by a positive
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  interpretation. So the closeness will say he was
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  closed in, in his world of serenity.
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  To find out some answers and to make some sense of this opening
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  midrashic comment on this week's Parisha, please come back
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  tomorrow. Thank you.
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  Have a wonderful day.