Dec. 21, 2023

Parshas Vayigash: One Track Minded and Luxury Cars

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Season 6

Dive headfirst with us to explore the intricate dance between language, symbols, and spirituality. Picture the essence captured by mere words—'Lexus' evokes a sense of luxury, while 'SUV' conjures images of a bustling family adventure. This episode is no ordinary ride; it's a journey that challenges you to envision the divine in the mundane and to find the spiritual depth where you'd least expect it. We discuss the poignant Torah tale of Yosef and Yakov, unraveling how a simple chariot can bear profound lessons in faith and connectivity.

Our discussion reveals how a 'one-track mind' focused on Torah and mitzvahs can uncover a world of purpose and intention. Imagine gazing upon everyday objects and seeing not just their material worth but a reflection of the sacred. It's about training our minds, like Yakov's, to recognize a deeper meaning in the wagons sent by Yosef—a secret language of shared spiritual pursuit. As we navigate these themes, we invite you to consider how your perceptions can shift to reveal a universe rich with spiritual significance, where every moment is an opportunity to connect with something more significant.

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What comes to mind as soon as you hear the word Lexus, luxury, comfort, balabatish.

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What about when you hear the word or words SUV, sport, utility, vehicle, maybe, luggage, road trip, family odyssey?

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I guess an odyssey is a mini van, but what comes to mind?

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Lastly, when you hear the word convertible?

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I think sporty, airy, music, vacation, sunny.

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This is a fun exercise to play every year when parches by egos comes around, because during our climactic, dramatic parche that features yo safe and the great reveal I'm a yo safe, hoda vichai, I got you guys.

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It was me the whole time.

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He's wary that his father, yaku, won't believe the news can't be that my little yo save is still alive.

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So yo safe chooses to send wagons as a sign to prove it, as she points out.

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What is the sign?

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The wagons was a reference to the last chavrosishaft, the last session of Torah study that yakovin yo safe had before yo safe was taken away.

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Yakoff saw wagons and immediately understood the hint, the clue wagons, the suga yo safe, the ksaise, the rambam, the whole thing in wagons.

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I probably see wagons and think whoa hey, free wagons, those are nice wagons.

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Who's are those?

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Maybe I can have them.

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Unbelievable.

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Talk about being one track, minded for Torah and for Hashem in wagons yakoff and yo safe both saw the suga of egg, la arufa and that chavrosishaft.

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And it isn't even a novel new concept here.

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In fact we say during creation that when somebody looks at the blue strand of his tzitzas, the treiles, when you see a color blue, you should see water, which will remind you of the sky that should eventually lead you to the grand conclusion of Hashem's lofty and heavenly throne, the Kisei Akavit.

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From a color blue you're supposed to see a tissue box and a humish and you say whoa blue, that's Hashem and that's a reminder unbelievable.

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Talk about being one track minded.

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I guess in our lives, if you do see the world through the lens, through the glasses of spirituality of Rukhnius, like yakovin, yo safe wagons do represent the suga.

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Blue represents the Kisei Akavit.

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Hopefully, with enough practice we'll get closer to seeing the world the way that the great ones see the world, which is for the truth of Torah and mitzvahs.

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I guess being one track minded, after all, isn't such a bad thing.