[Avodah] Yosef Kappara and Tamar

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From: Micha Berger _micha at aishdas.org_ (mailto:micha at aishdas.org) 
: He had to do all that  in order to 1. find out if the brothers were sorry 2.
: induce them to do  teshuva 3. make sure the teshuva was perfect -- perfect
: teshuva being that  if you are in the same situation again, this time you 
don't
: do the sin and  4. give them enough tza'ar that they would have kapara in 
this
: world and  not have to be punished b'yedei Shamayim in this world or the  
next.[--TK]


>>But according to the medrash that links the harugei malkhus to  the sale
of Yoseif (and not just as an excuse proposed by the governor), it  would
seem that Yoseif's grand plan failed. There was remaining guilt, and  a
skewed perception that was taught down the generations until it  needed
removal in the days of churban bayis sheini and of Bar  Kochva.<<




>>>>>
Yosef's plan was not completely successful and  the kappara was not complete. 
 See Ber 45:-2 "Velo yachol Yosef  lehis'apek...behisvada Yosef el echav. 
Vayiten es kolo bivchi"  What does  it mean he couldn't hold himself back 
anymore?  Why did he even want  to?  Because their kapara was not complete yet, but 
he could no longer hold  himself back from greeting his brothers and from 
crying over them.  Had he  held on a bit longer their teshuva would have been 
complete and their kapara  would have been complete.
 
(The above understanding is not my original but I don't remember  where it's 
from, maybe Eliyahu Kitov, Sefer Haparshios  -- and of course he  bases 
everything he writes on sources too.)





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