What Does Vayehi Mean In This Context? - Rabbi Aharon Ciment

something terrible will about to happen and it was in the days of akhashvirosh obviously we know that claudi's royal was about to be destroyed annihilated an edict sent out by haman to lahar of and therefore the mcgill begins with the word vayi and how do we understand this week's parasha and it happened when pyro sent out the nation this is something that is exciting in our history after 210 years of backbreaking labor and finally cloud israel would deserve to leave mitzrayim and yet this week's parasha begins with the word vayahi very difficult to digest what's sar what's suffering what sorrow what pain happened to amni israel when they left or are leaving or were to leave mitzrayim my father always would say a beautiful shot that our shabbos table every single year and that is is that that it was para who had to send out the people khloe israel were so invested and immersed and assimilated in the egyptian society and culture they didn't want to leave it had to be that pyro sent out the people that is vayihi that warrants al-shansar how said is it as cloud israel were so removed from that they were willing to spend more time in egypt than leave and have freedom and ultimately come back and serve hakonesh barack but perhaps you could also say something a little bit different and that is is that the word is not going on the ratio of bishop rather it's going on the safe with the second part of the passage that when i took the israel out of mitzrayim he took them in a very circuitous way he didn't take them in the more quick way derek eretz pleased him why because barack was concerned the cloud israel would see and they would fear there would be a war they would end up wanting to go back to mitzrayim and therefore akhoras baruch who took them derek midbar the way of the desert perhaps it's a little bit more arduous of a trip but that way would ensure that claudius troll wouldn't feel the need to go back to eretz mitzrayim how sad is that claudia israel witnessed and they experienced akura's baraku's greatness they experienced takaris baruch's warmth his hug they saw how much a karasbara who loved them and they still did not believe that baruch would provide continue to provide give them shelter and love and nurture them and take care of them provide for them they didn't realize that is forever with them that's la shansar to think about karasbaraku as temporary as perhaps there today but who knows if he'll be there with us tomorrow that can't be our relationship it has to be that we recognize and appreciate that our courage baruch not only creates the world but still remains involved and it isn't that oh we have to be worried that we're going to use up our relationship he's always here with us we have to appreciate his barakah's warmth and his love for us never thinking that perhaps tomorrow things will change this is not the relationship that's built on any type of tonight on a condition of stipulation we are forever hashem where forever is children he will forever love us and care for us and cherish us regardless of what happens in the world we always know that will forever be a constant unfortunately cloudy israel didn't appreciate that didn't feel the reciprocation the reciprocal love that he felt for us that we would feel for him and therefore he had to take us in this circuitous way so that claudius would end up not wanting to go back to mitzrayim have a good job [Music]