{"id":3090,"date":"2019-01-02T01:13:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T01:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=3090"},"modified":"2019-01-02T01:13:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T01:13:10","slug":"vayechi-5779","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=3090","title":{"rendered":"VaYechi (5779)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drash Cards for VaYechi (5779)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today \u2013 in the third part of the triennial cycle \u2013 we read about the deaths of Yaakov and of Yosef.<\/li>\n<li>From these, we learn two practical things and one spiritual thing.<\/li>\n<li>Josef goes to bury his father: \u201cSo Yosef went up to bury his father, and with him went up all of Pharaoh\u2019s servants, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt and all of Yosef\u2019s household \u2013 his brother\u2019s and his father\u2019s household (Ch 50, v 7-8). All the important people of Egypt when to Yaakov\u2019s funeral.<\/li>\n<li>From this verse, Rosie Saltsmann teaches in a <em>Portion of Kindness: <\/em>The last chesed we get to do with someone (unless we are a close relative) is to participate in their funeral. It is a chesed shel emet (kindness of truth) because the deceased cannot do a chesed back for us\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><u><\/u> She goes on \u201cNo one likes to attend funerals \u2013 people prefer the more comfortable, convenient and less awkward setting of a shiva call. And while it is very important to pay shiva calls, it is also a chesed to the family to come to the funeral of their loved one\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>In <em>Torah Gems<\/em>, S. Ludmir notes that we are given Josef\u2019s age twice in 4 verses \u201cYosef dwelt in Egypt. He and his father\u2019s household and Josef lived one hundred and ten years (Ch 50, v 22)\u201d and \u201cJosef died at the age of one hundred ten years. They embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt\u201d (50:26).<\/li>\n<li>Ludmir quotes <em>Daat Sofrim <\/em>: Josef is the only one of the entire houseful of Jacob to have merited his death and age recorded in the Torah. In this he was compared to the Patriarchs.<\/li>\n<li>In his commentary <em>Daily Wisdom<\/em>, the Rebbe writes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAfter the account of Jacob in Egypt, the Torah gives us the inspiration that will sustain us until the end of our exile: \u2018Joseph was placed in a coffin in Egypt\u2019 [Ch 50 v 26]. We are not alone:\u00a0 Joseph is with us in exile reminding us that we too can rise above exile and transform it into Redemption\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ludmir echoes the Rebbe: \u201cThe presence of Josef\u2019s coffin in Egypt symbolized that his spirit would remain with his children during the hardships awaiting them. On this note of comfort, Bereishit comes to an end \u2013 the end of the Patriarchal epoch but the beginning of a nation\u201d<\/li>\n<li>From the verses about Yosef\u2019s age <em>Paaneach Rozo<\/em> teaches that we make monuments and inscribe the name of the deceased on the grave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The practical i) we should attend funerals, ii) inscribe the name and age of the deceased on the tombstone. The spiritual iii) wherever we are we can enhance Judaism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drash Cards for VaYechi (5779) by Marc Mangel Today \u2013 in the third part of the triennial cycle \u2013 we read about the deaths of Yaakov and of Yosef. From these, we learn two practical things and one spiritual thing. 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