Beit Midrash
- Torah Portion and Tanach
- Bereshit
- Miketz
The Torah study is dedicatedin the memory of
Asher Ben Haim
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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