Vayechi - I Know What I'm Doing

Hi, this is David with the para in five on paras. This is it the last para of safe. There's an amazing scene of course where Yakov's eyesight is going. And so Yoseph brings his two sons to Yakov who at this point is 147 years old and his eyesight's starting to go and he's sick. He has to pull himself up on the bed and Yose brings his two sons for him to give a braha to Ephraim and Minasha. And Minasha is the older one. So he wants to make it easy for Yakov. So he puts Basha across from his right hand and Ephraim to his left hand so that he knows he'll put the right hand which is more important on the firstborn. And Yakov switches his hands and puts the right hand on the younger brother and the left hand on the older one. Literally switch his hands. And Ysef is shocked. Oh no. Trust me, I know firsthand what happens when two brothers are confused over who gets the power of the Bakur of the firstborn. Don't do this to my kids. and he tries to move Yakov's hand and Yakob doesn't say anything. He lets him try but he can't budge it. He's trying he's trying to take his hand. He's old man. He's not well and he can't budge. And Yakob says Beni I know my son. I know. You think I don't know what I'm doing. But the fact of the matter is I know better than you do what I'm doing. Go ahead, try to move this hand. With this hand, I fought a malik. Say the kazal three are as strong of the entire universe. I have the strength of a third of the universe. You're not moving this hand. But I want you to see first. I don't want you just to believe that I know what I'm doing. I want you to see that I know what I'm doing. Your daty bene your danty. We always think we know better. Mark Twain said, "When I was 17 years old, I thought my father knew nothing. And when I became 21, I was surprised how much the old man learned in four years. I know somebody used to go see Shir Shapiro not for him. He used to go shirum and tyrus quoted a garra and this fellow was big time. was a shastnik and he says to him, "No, no, you quoted the garra wrong." And he says, "Oh." Anyway, 6 months later as he was going through shas, he came to that gumar and he saw that quoted the gears of the rasha and he went back to he says, "Oh, you know what you quoted is the gear of the rash." And goes, "Oh, [laughter] yati." You know, I I I I've also thought about this a little bit. I've also looked at this. I went to ask a question to Rebel Yoshv. It was similar to a question I had asked him years before. I'll never forget. It was a question of whether or not I should go back to America, and he told me to go. And this time, it was a question to go, and he told me not to go. And I said, "Last time the RV told me to go." I'll never forget this. And Ribos said, "And you were Matak, right?" And I was like, "Yeah." And he said, "Just like I told you then to go, I'm telling you now not to go. I know what I'm doing." famous story was Shiman Schwab went to see the who was already very old when he was being offered theella in Germany and he went to see the so looks at him and says are you a ley he says no says how come my father wasn't a ley no how come your father wasn't a ley because his father wasn't a ley ah how come his father wasn't a ley so he thought to himself he's old he's starting to lose it you He says, "Cuz his father wasn't a ley." He says, "You know why I'm a Cohen and other people are Levim and you're not?" Because when Mosher Raenu said, "Milmai, whoever is for God, come to me. My greatgrandfather came and yours didn't." Now you're going to Germany, you're going to hear the cry again. Milashem Eli. Don't miss it again. He thought he didn't really get it. He knew perfectly well what was going on. >> [gasps] >> So you got to have a little trust and our Torah leaders that they know what they're talking about. I know what I'm doing. I've thought about this too. And that's will be to have the