Mikeitz - Will Moshiach Really Come?

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hashem's never running assistance in ra Israel 5785 2024 this week's par par mik Kates and our Story begins right in the middle The Story begins not at the beginning we are in the be in the middle of the story last week we left off in the moment of suspense or actually in a certain way it was anticlimactic you thought he's going to interpret the dreams of the S the Sim the cup Bearer The Baker and those dreams would be his ticket out the one who's going to come out of jail and and be brought back to serve parro he would be able to speak to parro and ask him to get him out of jail to find Grace for him it's unfair he's in jail for nothing he did wrong but the puzic tells us at the end of last week that the sashin completely forgot Yosef he got out of there he didn't remember him at all it would take another two years for Yosef to come out of jail par will have a dream in our paraa and in this dream he sees seven strong cows seven weak cows yosf interprets the dream becomes the second in command goes from being the lowest of the low to becoming the second in command to parro himself and the Torah continues to tell us the story with ysep and his brothers but I'd like to focus in on this the end of last week's para and the beginning of this week's paraa the suspense that moment yoseph was there in jail for 10 years already he'll be in jail for another two years a total of 12 years in jail this is an amazing amount of time okay he's going to come out at the age of 30 he's going to become the leader first of Egypt and then of the Jewish people for decades afterwards but still it's difficult to understand why we stop in the middle of the story it's difficult to understand why KES had to send him through such a terrible time before he becomes great now the Mish at the end of last week's paraa on the P it says the the cup Bearer did not remember Yos he forgot him the measure says it's not like the cup bear didn't try to remember Yosef says the mes he would create tricks for himself he would tie a little uh strings on his finger to remind himself to say something to parro about this guy in jail Ys he had a car he had a sense of gratitude to Yosef for predicting that he's going to come out of jail it was particularly impressive but so but hasem sent a Malik he sent an angel to cause him to forget to unti the strings that he tied on his finger all the reminders he made for himself an angel would come and cause him to lose those reminders wanted to see that person is not going to remember you but I'm going to I'm not going to forget you theim did not remember remember but remembered him an alternate explanation instead of Hashem speaking to the Sim saying you forgot ysf it's speaking to Ys and saying he forgot you but I didn't forget you but the Mish turns and says you know the experience of the person inside this experience of a yose inside of this challenge inside of the difficulty I'm in jail he's in jail for 10 years he thinks he's going to get out he doesn't get out what a despair what a sense of Despair he must have felt Hashem says don't despair I'm still here for you it doesn't look like the way you think it's going to look the Salvation you think you're going to get out of here you're right it's the right guy but it's not going to look like the way you think it is you're not going to have to get out with this desperation with these desperate kinds of please I I'm innocent you're going to come out as I pointed out in the past you See's going to come out a winner because he's going to explain the dreams of parro not just the dreams of these two not so such important people but the continues sayem so the m just told us that says to the you might not be able to remember him but I have not forgotten him Hashem says but there were other instances of impossible waiting of impossible possible waiting who could have waited for Aram and S that they would have children Aram was 100 S was 90 who could have waited who could have expected who could have thought that yobu having left when he's running away from his brother asov left everything behind had nothing but his own stick all of his wealth left it behind who who could have waited long enough for him to become wealthy for him to expand who would have waited who would have placed his bets on Yosef who ended up sold down to Egypt who ended up in Po's house who ended up chased by Po's wife ended up in jail for 12 years who would have believed that he would become the [Music] king look at mosha Moses he was thrown as a child into the into the water a little basket he could have died he ended up in the house of of parro he was a prince maybe but he wasn't perhaps he had some kind of Jewish identification not very strong he ended up being the the Redeemer who would have expected that Ru Ruth a moabi princess who would have ever thought that she would become not only part of the Jewish people but the great grandmother of King David and the great great great grandmother of Messiah it was so unlikely who would have ever waited for it says the mes King David and I mentioned this in the podcast but I'd like to mention it a little bit more here because it's mentioned in the M who would have expected him to be the king to be the great great grandfather of mashiach who will be the king for all time who who himself is referred to as David David was a child who was rejected by family the brings from brings from alitz what was the reason why he was rejected comes to anoint the children someone from the children of of yesai yesai presents him with his oldest son elah who's very handsome good-looking tall that's not it he's not the one to be anointed for the next king of the Jewish people brings out the next son seven sons sh says do you have no one else and yesai there was a child of his his name was David David he was out in the field he was a Shepherd wasn't the most popular of his sons he was the least popular he was the rejected child use a stone that was rejected by the builders and what happens D is brought out why was he rejected so they explain that David H was born in a very funny situation yes his father had decided that he wants to have relations with his maid servant there's a reason why we could try to understand it if we if we got into it there are some who say because he wanted to purify himself he was a he was from a moav princess he felt that there was a stain on his family or the pasas they didn't know the it's only a male descendant of Mo is not allowed to come in to the Jewish people but a but a if the woman is the moav so then her descendant can become part of the Jewish people he didn't know that so he wanted to marry a would purify the kids whatever it's a solution perhaps but the sh the ma servant went and she said to yes's wife her name was nites the mother of King David her name was nites somebody who stands firm and she says to her maid servant I'll replace you he won't know he'll think it's you yesai will think it's you yesai ends up indeed getting his own wife pregnant thinking that it's somebody else having thoughts about somebody else which in the t is a negative thing man is supposed to have the thoughts on his wife this baby is born his name is David and because of the situation surrounding his conception and birth he's rejected by his own father by his family and as we saw in the podcast as talk about because of this D had no one to rely on he didn't have his family he didn't have his his parents his own father rejected him so he went out to the field he was a shepherd and he developed his relationship with Hashem but who would have thought until that moment the says that's the one who's going to be the next king and was Vindicated he was 28 years old according to S when this happened so for 28 years you know Yos spent 12 years in jail had 28 years of self-doubt and he's going to be the king who's the king for all generations says the who could wait for to come out of jail in that moment that seems like forever when and AAR are thrown into the fire seems like they're going to die for standing up for what's right who who could have waited who could have thought wants to Destro destroy us it seems like the impossible situation how we ever get out of it AM wants to destroy all of am Israel am Isel seems to be on the brink of disaster destroyed forever who would have waited who could have thought that we would get out of that who who could wait for the Exiles that Isel will end up being upstanding respected for our Torah wisdom for our military ability for the unbelievable return of am Isel to Isel after being in exil for 2,000 years who could wait for such a thing who would ever think that it would happen who would wait for the Fallen Su of King David which is a reference to the the temple who who would ever think that it's going to actually happen the B English is going to be rebuilt how are we going to get rid of that mosque how we going to get rid of that golden dome sh tells us it's going to happen on that day Hashem will raise up he will [Music] reestablish the house of King David the bikash which David longed to build his son schma did build who can imagine who can wait for the moment when the entire world turns away from all of its idolatrous atheistic liberalistic false gods and instead joins together as one unifies under the banner of service of that's the end of the medish interestingly brings the puz which is that himself I will turn around all of the Nations to have a clear speech they will all call out they will be saying one thing there's only going to be one language there's only going to be the language of service of hasem they will all call out in the name of Hashem to serve him lined up shoulder to [Music] shoulder who can wait for that who can believe that that could happen who can believe that that's where we're headed and that's where the Arc of history is is headed and the answer is which is the next the next piece in the I going to read that piece but it takes a time where we get to the end we get to a moment where everything switches where everything changes where I will read the in fact at the beginning of there's an end to Darkness who can believe we're in the darkness who can believe the darkness has lasted so long who can believe we'll ever get to the end of it but no there is an end there is a completion as there's darkness in the world there's itara in the world it seems like it's never ending but one day it's going to happen we can't believe we can't imagine it what the a of heart is going to disappear the evil inclination is going to just go poof all the evil ones are going to disappear all of the anger all of the jealousy all of the wickedness of the world of the of the Nations the hatred the the desire to get ahead of everyone else it's going to just disappear it parallels The Impossible Dream of YF YF is sitting in jail it seems like he's going to be there forever he's there for 10 years it finally seems like the the sun is about to rise and he's there for another two years nothing happens nothing seems to happen the hope is dashed but there is an end there's a defined end that's what he meates there's a defined end who Waits it means to say it's hard for us to believe it's hard for us to to imagine that the darkness can change that it could endu impossible they're old they can't have kids Israel has been in G for 2,000 years will we ever return to Israel is it possible that going to go from hundreds of Jews in the land of Israel that's it maybe thousands a few thousand to to having 7 million Jews inel is that possible is it possible for such a thing to switch is it possible for the world to accept Isel building a bik building a holy Temple on a site that is claimed by a nation that has a billion adherence to its Creed is this possible who can believe that the darkness can end who can believe that the entire world will turn and say hey it's just about serving Hashem what is hashem's will the Jewish people have a right to their land the Jewish people have a right to their Holy Mountain to build their base mikash this golden D was just a place marker could it be can it end it's something that we can't fathom we live inside of the the darkness we don't see how our problems can be solved we can be in the darkness for a long time we can be in jail for 12 years and not not know or not see or or the glimmer of hope can disappear and assures him assures yph and I don't know if he heard this voice maybe it was his B speaking to him or maybe not maybe he didn't know until that moment just everything switched and changed in the deepest depths of a concentration camp do they know that 5 years later there would be 600,000 Jews in Earth Israel 75 years later there would be 7 million Jews in art Isel the downtrodden n Nation would rise up and become a leader amongst the Nations did anyone ever dream or think that in a moment of Despair did kanar believ they would be saved as they were thrown in the fire did am Isel believe as they heard about the decree of hamon that it would all turn around and they would soon be building a b mikdash a holy Temple back in Jerusalem that they would be continuing the destiny of am Israel did the mbes the who faced off with this dark Greek culture which would really darken the entire world for thousands of years did they know that they had a light within themselves within their little Temple that little light was Stronger it wasn't just even last miraculously for eight days but it would last for thousands of years we're still lighting that light did they know as they picked up their weapons and they ran out to battle in an impossible battle whether it was then 2 and a half thousand years ago whether it was on October 7th did we know in the darkness of the battle the darkness of the loss that that were about to shine a light that will last forever that everything will turn around at hashem's light which we are the torchbearers that we carry it who knew who knew that we would be the ones to come to Earth Israel to face off with the challenge of being an immigrant to face off with the difficulty of trying to figure out how to live in a foreign country with a foreign mentality did we know who could have known we would be the ones we would be the ones to raise our children to greet Messiah to fearlessly return to AR Israel to be the ones would experience the real Gula the true Redemption I want to bless you I ask you to bless me should help us that we should be able to not just stay in the space of who would have waited for sh should help us to get to the point of we should be able to hold out hold out to Faith not give up hold on just just like yadik held on just like the Jews and shushan held on the moris and the Esters the maim the Jews throughout the generations remain steadfast to Tyra and the Jews in our generation who have made the crazy leap to return to Israel to hold on to the Tyra to remain steadfast and strong in our commitments to let's be those people let's try to be those people hasem should bless us to be able to do that thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shabas this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.wag.com or search on iTunes Ari Gold SW