Who will answer for tomorrow?

The more deeply you understand other people the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To touch the soul of another human being is to see the other in the most positive and understanding way.

This weeks Parsha Va'yeche continues the dialogue between Yosef and his father Yaakov.

There is much to say about the personality of Yosef and how he conducted himself with his brothers, with Paroah and especially with his beloved father. I am particularly interested in how, after all  is said and done, did our Torah portray Yosef?

 The  Rav , Rabbi Soloveitchik tz'l suggests that Yosef's first dream involved stalks of wheat,reflecting upon his practical vision , his pragmatic outlook to life's needs.Then came the second dream ,of stars in the heavens, reflecting upon the spiritual and the metaphysical aspect of man's existence .

Here was Yosef, a man who possessed pragmatism and at all times looking towards the stars in heaven projecting a feeling of limitless goals that he could achieve to ensure the betterment of mankind.

This is our meaningful lesson of our day: we are to be pragmatic in our decision making process and at the same time to be a visionary and a dreamer for a more productive tomorrow.

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