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Orchard of Delights Vayigash

Messianic era. Most importantly, Jacob foresees that the crowns of something I am. It is the all encompassing realization that at every
leadership and scholarship will be combined and come to fruition in moment I am in touch with God.
Judah’s descendants. Based on this Rambam asserts, in his concise, Judah, at this moment of truth, when his and Benjamin’s fates
but highly influential treatment of the Messianic era, that for an were on the line, directed his plea to both a human ruler and the
individual to be considered Mashiach, he must fulfill the following Creator of the universe. Joseph’s spontaneous decision to finally
conditions:
reveal his identity to his brothers, as a result of this impassioned plea,
He must be a ruler from the house of David, immersed in the Torah indicates the tremendous power of Judah’s words. As the Talmud
and its commandments like David and his ancestors. He must also teaches, “Words which emanate from the heart – enter the heart”
follow both the Written and the Oral Torah, lead all Jews back to the (Berachot 6).
Torah, strengthen the observance of its laws, and fight God’s battles.
If one fulfills these conditions, then we may assume that he is the
Mashiach. If he does this successfully and then rebuilds the Temple
on its original site and gathers all the dispersed Jews then we may be
certain that the is the Mashiach. (Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Melachim £The Mashiach Descended from Joseph –£The Mashiach Descended from Joseph –The Mashiach Descended from Joseph –
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The Mashiach Descended from David
The Mashiach Descended from David
[Laws of Kings] 11:4) The Mashiach Descended from David
The root of the Hebrew word for “scholar” (mechokek) that Jacob
uses in blessing Judah has a number of other meanings: a Divine
decree that transcends human logic; a law; bosom or inside; and to Kabbalah and Chassidut endow Judah and Joseph’s meeting with
engrave. Not only will Mashiach teach the nation of Israel and the archetypal status. Judah is the classic ba’al teshuvah (penitent),
entire world Torah, he will also expose a level of Torah wisdom and while Joseph is the epitome of the tzaddik; Judah is the prototype of
mystic thought which is so deep and novel that it will be permanently Mashiach ben David (Mashiach descended from David), while Joseph
engraved in the bosoms, the hearts, of his listeners. This new level represents Mashiach ben Yosef (Mashiach descended from Joseph).
of understanding is referred to in the Midrashic statement: “A new According to tradition, Mashiach ben Yosef will pave the way for
Torah from Me will emerge” (Vayikra Rabbah 13:3). This “new” Mashiach ben David and, according to many, he will even die in the
Torah will actually be constructed from the very same letters as the process. In their archetypal meeting though an amazing transference
Torah we have at present, but our understanding of its profundity occurs. At this climactic moment, each one adopts the quality of
will be so much infinitely deeper that it will be like a “new” Torah. his counterpart, which he finds deep within himself. Merging the
The multidimensional approach of reading the Torah according to two qualities together, each one completely fulfills his own inner
PaRDeS will finally be fully manifest and humanity will finally potential.
experience the Torah as an Orchard of Delights.
As Judah approaches Joseph, he is literally at the end of his rope.
The Hebrew words “a scholar among his descendants” can also be After the brothers followed Judah’s advice and sold Joseph, Judah
vowellized slightly differently and read as “a scholar [who engraves his shamefacedly went into voluntary exile. As the Torah recounts,
teachings until] his feet will understand.” The word for habit or routine Judah “descended from his brothers,” implying that his departure
in Hebrew (hergel) is akin to the word for foot (regel). Just as our feet was a descent in every sense of the word. Subsequently, after each of
seem to work on autopilot taking us to where we need to go without our his two oldest sons married Tamar, they died, and then he was forced
considering every step, we too follow our daily routines without giving to publicly admit his mistake in not letting Tamar marry his youngest

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