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23 May 2012 / 2 Sivan 5772
Issue 984
Issue 984- Shabbat Parshat Vaychi - Chazak
January 08, 2012

Divrei Menachem

Divrei Menachem

By Menachem Persoff

In this week’s parsha the ailing Ya’akov tells Yosef that, “Your two sons born to you in Egypt… shall be mine; Efrayim and Menashe shall be mine like Reuven and Shimon” (B’reishit 48:5). Most commentators suggest that this declaration refers to the parity of portions of Eretz Yisra’el that the two sons would later inherit despite their being born in Egypt.
HaRav Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt"l picks up differently on Ya’akov’s affirmation that, “Efrayim and Menashe shall be mine.”  For the Rav, Ya’akov is the “Zaken” -  ‘the old father’ - about whom Yosef quizzed his brothers. He is also the same Ya’akov who is now popularly referred to as “Yisra’el Sava” or Grandfather Israel.
For Ya’akov is the arch-typical Zeidi, the first of the Avot to establish communication with his grandchildren. Conquering time and space, Ya’akov is the foundation for the dialogue of the generations, the one who identifies with his ancestors as though they were still alive but yet transmits the Mesorah, the old traditions, onwards into the future.
No wonder that Ya’akov, the Father of Jewish continuity, became the father of the emerging Jewish nation that would later bear his name.

Shabbat Shalom, Menachem Persoff

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