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size=2>>>Did Yosef really HAVE to accuse the<BR>brothers of being spies,
hide the payment in the sacks of grain,<BR>mysteriously seat them in order of
age, plant the cup with Binyamin and have<BR>his men dramatically discover it,
etc?<<<BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>>>>>><BR>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.<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><STRONG></STRONG><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>=============<BR></B>"If you
don't read the newspaper you are uninformed; <BR>if you do read the newspaper
you are misinformed."<BR>--Mark Twain<BR><BR><B>Read *Jewish World Review* at <A
href="http://jewishworldreview.com/">http://jewishworldreview.com/</A></B></B><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
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