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Rashi explains (Bereishit 42:8) that the brothers did not recognize Joseph because when they had last seen him he did not have a beard, and now he had a full grown beard. But why should this have sufficed to conceal Joseph’s true identity from his brothers?
Joseph, even when he was surrounded by Egyptian culture, succeeded in preserving his righteousness. His brothers, however, were unable to perceive that righteousness. They stood before Joseph, but were deceived by externals - a beard - and saw "just another Egyptian." And similarly, their descendants who would be sent to scout the Land of Israel would be oblivious to the land’s sanctity and focus only on the difficulties to be encountered in its conquest.
Let us not allow the difficulties of Aliyah to blind us to the privilege given to us of returning home to Eretz Israel.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
