Rabbi Mordechai Kraft - I Am Joseph

the story of ysep is such a powerful story there's so much to learn from the amuna that ysph had the way he was able to see Hashem at every point of his life the way he was able to despite what his brothers did demonstrate such love and Devotion to them the way he was able to withstand the tests of MIM ysep is a Jewish hero in in the deepest sense of the word the question is how did he create that in himself how did he become that yoseph so ysph gives us Insight in the first discussion and conversation that he has with the brothers when his brothers he reveals himself to his brothers and the brothers don't believe it they can't believe that this person who is the vice Roy the most powerful man of the world the one he last saw in a pit 22 years ago that's ysep and so he needs to convince them and what does he say to them he said he said come close to me and rash said what does that mean why he showen that he's Mo showen the sign the Brit something which would be unique to the family of Yakov and see like the brothers aren't fully convinced he says your brother who you sold to Egypt and I'm ysep your brother who you sold to Egypt and of course that's something that only ysep would know and the brothers of course are are are shocked in this Revelation realization the EMS reads these words a little bit differently rather than read them an who you sold to Egypt the word a could also be read as because I'm ysep because you sold me to Egypt in other words if you're looking at me and you're seeing the Sparks and the flame of Holiness in who I am and and you're in awe you have to understand that I became this way not despite what happened to me but because of what happened to me I'm ysph because of the experience in Egypt I needed Egypt I needed to be in that pit and to realize I could only rely on AEM I needed to be in that Caravan where I smell the spices and realize AEM is there I needed to have the tests of the wife of potifar and to resist I needed to be in a prison once again to realize that it's only a KES it's only AEM I was forged so to speak to the difficulties that I experienced in Egypt I would never be who I am had you not sold me an ysph I'm ysep because you sold me what a magnificent way to to transpose the pain and suffering and difficulties of one's life understand that these aren't just random events but these are exactly what a k sends our way in order to give us the means and the tools to create us to be that human being that he knows that we can become and that's what the means I'm not a victim of your sale it's true I might not have wanted it but I understood that there's purpose and value in it and rather than just seeing the negative he focuses on the positive and realizes that I was forged and became the ysf that I am because of that sale mayem bless us to understand that everything that he sends our way is exactly what we need to create who we're supposed to be to create us to be that human being that knows that we can be in our own small way be able to say the words I ysep I'm ysep because you sold me to Egypt