Here we place another explanation from Rebbe Nachman who speaks about humanity's fundamental error: perceiving only reality’s revealed aspect (laws of nature) and missing its concealed Godliness. Because we see the world as governed solely by nature, we focus on intermediaries, such as medicine and doctors (for health) or business and a career (for livelihood), and elevate them to primary importance, forgetting the Creator. Judah approaching Joseph here takes us back to the idea that Judah is actually speaking to God. Thus, when he says to Joseph, “For you are like Pharaoh” he is saying to God: “You are perceived only according to what is revealed [Pharaoh, which means revealed in Hebrew].” No one sees You.
We place this in victory and acknowledgment, because they correspond to the two principles of faith of the Torah’s inner dimension that “The tzaddik decrees, and God fulfills” (victory) and “God decrees, and the tzaddik annuls” (acknowledgment).
Rebbe Nachman explains that Judah is here asking for the power to overturn and annul Divine decrees, because if granted this ability, it would reveal to everyone that the world is governed by God and not by nature alone.
