[Avodah] Who sent the wagons?

[Akiva Blum]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 3:41 PM Akiva Miller via Avodah <
avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> .
> Bereshis 45:27 tells us that Yaakov saw the agalos (wagons) that Yosef had
> sent. Rashi there explains that Yosef was sending a coded message, by way
> of a pun, because when Yosef left Yaakov, they had been learning about the
> eglah arufah.
>
> But actually, in Bereshis 45:19, Paro commanded Yosef to tell his brothers
> to take wagons. it was not Yosef's idea to send wagons at all. The idea
> came from Paro.
>
> Technically, Yosef DID tell his brothers to take wagons, but my point is
> that it wasn't Yosef's idea. It seems that in order to send this message to
> Yaakov, Hashem inspired Paro to command Yosef about the wagons.
>

My understanding is that there was no coded message.
He sent a direct message, what were they learning last.
That is why the possuk says, the wagons that Yosef sent.

Akiva Blum
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