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Midrash Raba Vayechi 4 · Rabbi Benjy's Shiur

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  Parachute by heat. Madrid's Rabba shit #4 by heat
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  Crawley Vinola yourself. He called for his son yourself
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  and said please don't bury me in Egypt.
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  Madrid asked an obvious question.
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  Lama la Karelola, Rouven Veloliyuda.
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  Why didn't he call for Rouven Oyuda?
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  Rouven Rouven was the first born and Yuda was the king.
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  Then he left them, called for yourself, and he would commit.
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  The Madrid wants to know why? Three different answers.
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  Answer #1 because Yosef had the wherewithal to do what Yaakov
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  requested. Therefore, he called for his son
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  Yosef. Well, if he Shah Masur Allah,
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  because the hour of success was shining on Yosef.
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  He was doing great at the time. So he would be able to literally
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  move mountains if that's what was necessary.
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  And finally, don't bury me in Egypt where he intimates to
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  yourself, Bishvarati limits drive.
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  I came down to Egypt for your sake and Bishvarati for your
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  sake. I said, now I can die.
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  Let's explore these 3 fascinating perspectives.
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  So let's think a little bit what Yaakov was scared about.
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  So it seems very obvious that Yaakov was scared that his body
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  would become something of an an object to worship.
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  And he is the great patriarch of the family who produced such
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  distinguished, incredible characters.
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  And he didn't want them to be an act of his body, to be an act of
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  something to be worshipped. Or Asaph could object to
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  Yaakov's burial in The Cave of Machpelah.
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  In the space for me, not for you and only yourself had the
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  political authority and the military forces to get through
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  any barriers that might have been erected to prevent Yaakov
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  being buried in the Land of Israel again.
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  We see in the midrash how the Midrash breaks down political
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  concerns, powered struggles, and also that internal psychological
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  relationships that are happening and the love for a father to his
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  son. My love for you, says Yaakov,
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  was so great. After seeing your face after all
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  these years, now I can say I'm Utah APA and now I can die.
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  Mean that now that I've merited to see you, I'm no longer afraid
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  of dying and can die in peace. It's thus proper for you to
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  return my love and fulfill my request.
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  So really what's going on in the story is a multi layered request
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  dealing with practical political concerns and deep family love.
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  And what does he say? Vasita Emadi has said VMAT do
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  kindness and truth with me, says the Madras.
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  He has said Shaka. What type of kindness is there?
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  That's false. But Yaakov has to say I said
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  there and met kindness and truth.
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  So the matter answers Michelle as a as a common proverb
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  proverb. A simple proverb says if your
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  good friend's son dies, bear the sorrow and pain along with him.
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  But if the friend dies, throw off all sorrow.
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  Let's think about that for a moment.
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  So what's the first part? Mitt Beret, Diraca, Marton.
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  If your good friend son dies, bear the sorrow along with him,
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  say the commentators. Join with your friend in
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  lamenting and eulogizing his son, for he may then reciprocate
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  should you predecease him. But if the friend dies, then
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  forget about it because he can't help you back, says Yaakov to
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  yourself. If you do this kindness for me
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  after my death, not to bury me in Egypt, but rather to take me
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  to the land of Israel, who has said shall emet?
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  It will be a kindness of truth and unadulterated kindness.
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  Because we all know that when you do someone a favour
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  somewhere deep in our, in our darkest parts of our conscious
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  mind and subconscious, maybe we're thinking, I did this for
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  you. Someday you're going to do
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  something for me. And therefore it ruins the ACT
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  from an act of hesed shal and that to an hesed shal Shaker
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  because you're building or putting in a bank account a
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  debt. That's why it's so awkward to
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  have favours done at times 'cause we know we are accruing a
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  debt to somebody. But Akasho Emmett is totally
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  pure, where you don't expect anything back ever.
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  And scholars have noted in the word Emmet when it comes to
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  death, especially a kindness of truth.
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  The three letters, the olive stands through the Aron, the
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  coffin, the mem for Mita, the the stretcher that you put the
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  body, the body on, and Takrikan are the shrouds.
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  This is an opportunity to do an act of kindness where they'll
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  never be a reward back. Take care, have a fantastic day.