SF - The Secret Healing Power of Hardship \ Parashat Yayeishev

Friday \ November 30 2018 \ 22 Kislev 5779

The Secret Healing Power of Hardship  \ Parashat Yayeishev D'var Torah: "And they said to Yoseph, 'We dreamt a dream but there is no interpreter for it.' So Yoseph said to them, 'Do not interpretations belong to HaShem? Tell me your dream if you please.'" HaShem's method of healing is different than the ways of man. For instance, a doctor performs surgery with a scalpel and heals with a bandage. Whereas, HaShem heals with the very means that he wounds. For instance, Yoseph suffered consequences through boasting over his dreams to his brothers, and afterwards HaShem saved him through the dreams of the royal cupbearer and baker. This in accordance with the verse, "And it will be a time of trouble for Yaacov, and from the trouble will sprout his deliverance" (Jeremiah 30:7). Amazingly, the healing power of HaShem is embedded in the very troubles that He sends us.  Moral: The knowledge that our troubles contain the perfect medicine to heal our souls is the secret to peace of mind. In addition, this insight helps us cope with our difficulties because even though they are bitter, we are aware that they deliver to us the healing power of HaShem.   Application: Envision Yoseph telling his brothers that he dreamt that they will bow down to him. After relating his dreams, many terrible hardships fall on Yoseph. Even though his brothers sold him into slavery, Yoseph maintains his trust in HaShem. Yoseph is able to accept his hardships because he knows that HaShem's healing power is embedded in these difficulties. Strengthen your trust that all of the hardships that HaShem sends you contain the perfect medicine to heal your soul.   (Based on the Midrash Tanchuman and the commentary of the Ba'al Shem Tov)                                                                                                                                 We're on a search! Looking for a Shul or community to support the seminal Salant Kollel and Mussar Centre. AdoptAKollel.org makes it easy. Please contact Rabbi Zvi Miller for further information, at salantorg@gmail.com  Thank you!  Visit the Salant Mussar Library L"N R' Yochanon Mordecai ben Ephraim and Moras Esther Leah bas Yehudah Yoseph Refuah Shleimah Yochanon Baruch ben Fruma Ettta Riva bas Henya Zivia bas Raizel Leah Hadassah bas Michal Chana Chava Bas Michal Chanah Chaya Harriet Bat Sophie Lee Mazal Malkah Mollie Bas Sarah Yakir Efraim Ben Rachel Devora Chaya Leah bas Sara STAY CONNECTED:

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