B”H Friday, 10 Tevet, 5781 December 25, 2020 Issue N875
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В Писании весь еврейский народ именуется Йосефом: «Пастырь Израиля, внемли, ведущий Йосефа как овец» (Теилим, 80). В комментарии Раши это объясняется тем, «что он содержал весь народ в дни голода». Именно об этом повествует глава «Ваигаш».
Но почему из-за короткого периода, когда Йосеф был кормильцем еврейского народа, последний назван его именем? И именно тогда, когда Псалмы говорят об особой заслуге евреев, призывая Пастыря Израиля прислушаться к молитвам Его народа?! Продолжение на стр. 3
We’re Not Alone How many Jews came down to Egypt? By the time of the Exodus, there were 600,000 men of military age (and, according to all estimates, a total of a few million people) in the young nation. But the number who originally went down to Egypt in the days of Joseph were only, by the Torah’s attestation, «seventy souls.» However, if one examines the text, Jacob’s sons and their children — even including Joseph and his sons
who were already in Egypt — only amount to a total of sixtynine. The commentaries offer a number of explanations. Some say that the Torah simply rounds off the number to the nearest ten. Another explanation is that the seventieth person is Jocheved, born as Jacob’s family was entering Egypt. Or, Jacob himself is counted as number seventy. But, for me, the most touching one of all comes from the Midrash:
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Our Rabbis: Rabbi Yisroel & Henya Karpilovsky Rabbi Zalman & Tamar Shuchat What did the Holy One, Blessed be He, do? He Himself entered into the count and thus it totaled seventy, to fulfill his promise made earlier to Jacob (Genesis 46, 3-4), «Have no fear of going down to Egypt, for I shall establish you as a great nation there. I shall descend with you to Egypt and I shall also surely bring you up...» How inspiring! How magnificently encouraging. G‑d is with us in Egypt. Amidst the bondage, the pain and Continues on a page 3