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size=2>From: Micha Berger <A
href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</A><BR>: He had to do all that
in order to 1. find out if the brothers were sorry 2.<BR>: induce them to do
teshuva 3. make sure the teshuva was perfect -- perfect<BR>: teshuva being that
if you are in the same situation again, this time you don't<BR>: do the sin and
4. give them enough tza'ar that they would have kapara in this<BR>: world and
not have to be punished b'yedei Shamayim in this world or the
next.[--TK]<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>>>But according to the medrash that links the harugei malkhus to
the sale<BR>of Yoseif (and not just as an excuse proposed by the governor), it
would<BR>seem that Yoseif's grand plan failed. There was remaining guilt, and
a<BR>skewed perception that was taught down the generations until it
needed<BR>removal in the days of churban bayis sheini and of Bar
Kochva.<<<BR></FONT></DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
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size=2>>>>>><BR>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.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>(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.)</DIV>
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