First Impressions Can Be Misleading

Dec 17, 2015

The drama and tension that has been building over the last couple of weeks is finally resolved in this week’s Torah reading, פרשת ויגש (parshat vayigash). Yosef ends his charade when he dramatically reveals himself to his brothers. We experience their shock and we cry along with the brothers at their reunion. We then understand that the entire ruse was calculated for the benefit of his brothers, to bring them to a full and complete state of תשובה, repentance.