HIDDEN SECRET IN YOSEF’s CAVE
by Mordechai Z. Hecht
ISRAEL -
If you are like me, your heart dropped when you heard what they did to Yosef HaTzaddik – Joseph’s Mausoleum. Feelings of sadness, rage and anger filled your heart and rushed through your blood. How could they?!
Like with everything, I turned to the Torah for counsel and look what I found. Take a seat. This is huge.
ויאמר ישראל אל-יוסף, הלוא אחיך רועים בשכם--לכה, ואשלחך אליהם; ויאמר לו, הנני.
“Yisrael said to Yosef, “Aren’t your brothers pasturing in Shechem? Come, “I’ll send you to join them.” “I’m ready,“(Yosef) said to him (his father Jacob) (even though he knew his brothers hated him).” (Bereishis- Genesis, 37;22)
A very critical question must be asked here on this verse: why did Jacob send Yosef to meet his brothers, if he knew good and well that they hated him? It Is brought in the name of sages of the early 12th centuries who explain, that when Joseph’s brothers ruled over him it was part of a predestined prerequisite of Josephs soul. Had the brothers not ruled over him, this predestined requirement would have happened through the Egyptians later on and from that dominion Yosef would have never recovered, and the Jewish people would have never left Egypt.
My holy brothers and sisters, the burning of Joseph’s Tomb is a sign and a revelation of a great secret. As I am not worried about the event itself, for no doubt the perpetrators will be caught and held accountable by the IDF. The tomb, will no doubt be rebuilt bigger and better than before. Joseph and the Patriarchs in the spiritual cosmos will see to the avenging of such actions, no doubt - as G-d works "measure for measure". All that is left is for us to realize that all that transpires in the world is by #Divineprovidenceand to teach us a Lesson – lesson being that - the dominion of the nations over the Jewish people – descendants of Joseph - will never take place. All that is left for us is to follow Jacobs orders and that is to “seek the welfare of our brothers”, even if you think they may hate you, have envy or anger or sorts etc.
As the verse reads, 2 verses later, “Yosef said, I am looking for my brothers. Please tell me where are they pasturing”? and as the verse continues “…Yosef went after his brothers…”…We too must seek the welfare and go after our fellow brothers and sisters… let Yosef’s fire not be in vain to teach us such a powerful lesson and have revealed and reminded us such a subliminal secret and as reminder to us all - will will prevail - we will overcome - we only need to do our part.