The Way of Emunah

Connecting All Their Words to Hashem

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Connecting All Their Words to Hashem:

Rav Tzvi Hirsch of Rimanov zy”a (Sefer Be’eros Hamayim) translates this pasuk to mean that Yosef raised his brothers to a level where all of their words were “to their father”, i.e., to their Father in Heaven.

This is what every tzadik does in every generation. He takes people’s words and brings them directly to Hashem.

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