Also, Yehuda tried to fool Yaakov by saying: הַכֶּר נָא לז לב Does this K'sones Passim belong to Yosef? This is extremely important; to be an individual! And Rivka, who was so much younger than her husband, Yitzchok, tricks him? (But watch out! This isn’t Pashut (simple)! You need a Rebbe for whatever you do!) This is despite Chazal who say:
ה שָ אִ יאהִ ו יזאֵּ כְ שֵּ רָ ה הָ עושָ ה רְ צון בַ עֱ לָ הּ Who is a good woman? One who follows the will of her husband, and she also fell off the camel in awe of Yitzchok.
Many of us are not allowed to do what these people did, especially in a Dor of: חֻצְפָא יִסְגֵּי high chutzpa level, and we need much more respect and appreciation for our parents and Rabbeim and mentors. Yet, we learn a Mussar Haskel how a person is M'chuyav to emphasize his own Maalos as much as possible, and not be Nis'pael, sometimes even from the greatest people since we have a burning Chiyuv of truly appreciating ourselves (and it’s often a: מֵּ ת מִ צְ וָ ה forgotten Mitzva) and not get completely dwarfed and: בָ טֵּ ל וּמְ בוּטָ ל melted to other human beings despite our Chiyuv to be M'chabed them. With Yaakov’s Brachos he created or enhanced 12 individuals, each with his own Ma'ala. So should every Yachid (individual) realize his individuality and respect himself!
