#624: Why Didn't Joseph Write Home?
A D'var Torah for Mikketz
Gimme Some Torah #624
Why did Joseph never bother to send his father a letter during his long absence? He could have told Jacob that he was alive and well, and maybe that news would have given the old man some badly needed peace. This is how the Or HaHayim (Haim Ibn Attar, bio) asks the question:
I have been troubled by the fact that Joseph did not commun…
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