By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
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“Come! Everybody gather ’round and I will tell you what is going to happen to you when the end of days will be;”quite a catchy sound byte. Well this is the enticing ‘hook’ which our forefather said to his twelve great sons. Bet you want to know what the great prophet revealed next! Not what you expected.
This week’s Torah portion, Vayechi, which completes the book of Bereishis, finds Yaakov on his death bed surrounded by his children. Sensing the approach of his final time in this world, Yaakov secures Yosef’s commitment to execute his wishes not to be buried in Egypt, but rather in the land of Israel. Yaakov then summons his twelve sons and prepares to convey his final words: