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Midrash Raba Vayigash 3 · Rabbi Benjy's Shiur

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  Midrash Rubber by Yogash share #3 We learned previously that
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  Judah and Yosef, Yoda and Yosef came together in the clash of
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  the two symbolic kings of the world.
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  At the time you heard that being the king of the Jewish people,
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  Yosef, the advisory of the Egyptian society, and hereby
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  Yogash, a love Yoda was he physically came close.
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  The Medrash offers alternative interpretations because the
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  whole problem was with Vayigash was what do you mean Vayigash?
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  Because they were already talking to each other.
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  So here we have a different approach, different
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  understandings of the word Vayigash, which means he didn't
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  actually physically get closer to yourself, but he he
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  intellectually or emotionally penetrated the thoughts of
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  yourself. They became, perhaps they grew
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  to become on the same wavelength.
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  So let's see how the Madras develops this particular
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  understanding of the drama in this week's parasha.
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  Another interpretation of the of the word Vayigash.
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  Vayigash, a love Yehuda. And here we have another pasuk,
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  this time from the Book of Proverbs.
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  Fascinating pasuk. Tapuhey, Zahav, The Masquiat
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  golden apples, the Masquiat kasif.
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  Masquiat kasif. What does that mean?
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  So the manager tells us that Aquilas the convert, he
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  translated the phrase like golden apples in silver boxes.
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  And how does the apostle conclude?
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  Davar Davar al Ofanov? So is a word spoken in its
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  proper place, just as a sight. So who is Mr. Akilas?
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  Fascinating. We don't actually know.
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  One theory tells us it was none other than Uncleus you can find
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  printed in Moscow machine. However, there's another another
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  line of line of thought that tells us they were different
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  people entirely. And Akilas is is translating
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  Proverbs while Uncleus translated the Torah.
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  Another potential indication of who he was was that Akilas
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  translates things into Greek, whilst Uncalus did it into into
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  Aramaic. Anyway, that's Mr. Akilas taking
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  care of. What's the point of the
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  metaphor? Is that something that appears
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  valuable on the outside, like a silver box, can contain items of
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  even greater value on the inside, like apples made of
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  gold? This metaphor applies to the
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  words that Judah spoke to to Yosef, and we'll see how this
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  develops over the next comments as well.
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  Ma Ofanzer Maher Panemi called stud As a wheel shows its face
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  from every side, so were Yahooda's words manifest to
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  every side. When he spoke to his brother
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  Yosef, his words had multiple meanings.
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  Again, there's a subtlety in the language that needs to be
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  highlighted. The the verse ends in this verge
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  You can find in chapter 25, verse 11 in in the in the book
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  of Michelin proverbs said Davao, Davao al ofnav.
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  So is a word spoken in its proper place.
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  But the word ofnav, which here means the proper place, is also
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  related to the word of fun, which is a wheel.
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  And just like when a wheel spins, it presents itself
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  equally in all directions, so to the words of Yehuda did so for
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  Yosef, meaning when Yehuda spoke to Yosef.
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  Although his words appeared to be only words of appeasement, in
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  fact they had multiple meanings. Like the metaphor of the wheel
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  spinning in all directions, he had hidden in them hints of
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  reproach. This is also the meaning of the
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  words apples of gold in silver boxes.
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  Don't just think the outside of my words.
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  The words that you hear have meaning.
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  There's deeper meaning contained within the hints and the
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  illusions within the world within the word.
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  So what's the meaning of Ayigash, a love Yoda again, if
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  you're making a film, how would you, how would you direct the
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  scene? Do you have Yoda walking up to
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  yourself or are they stationary as where they were in the
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  previous scene? And rather as a result of
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  Yehuda's pressing incisive arguments, Yosef could no longer
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  restrain himself and he revealed himself to his brothers.
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  Is there a psychological drama going on?
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  Is it a physical altercation? Two different lines of thought
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  in the Midrash for you to consider.
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  Have a wonderful day.