Soul That Completed the Count
Parsha Pages | December 17, 2023
The 70th (unlisted) soul completed the count and contributed to the Jews’ ability to cope with the darkness and to accomplish the purpose of exile (birur & bitul) in preparation to Matan Torah.
Based on Lekutei Sichos חלק כ' פרשת ויגש
Other options mentioned:
Asnas – wife of Yosef, already in Egypt, and possible daughter of Dena, daughter of Leah.
Serach – worthy to be mentioned twice since member of the group that entered Mitzraim and also the group that left Mitzraim.
“sons of Dan Chusim” – Dan had an additional unnamed son that did not have a child and thus was not listed.
HaShem
- Medrash
- Hidden secrets of Torah
- Jews connected to G-d
- Above the sufferings of Galus
- Complete Bitul
Yaacov
- Torah commentators
- Connected to Text but not the P’shat
- Inherited from Yaacov
- Jews above Galus yet related to the world
- Bitul but with a connection to the world
Yocheved
- Rashi
- פשוטו של מקרא
- As a new-born and as a renewed nursing mother; “plain” faith overcomes Galus
- Bitul even within the world itself

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