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</a>"V'Hu Naar," (Vayeishev 37:2) Rashi says that this means
Yosef was <br>
acting like a Naar always fixing his hair to look nice. Rav Shimon <br>
Schwab asks, "How could this be? Yosef was a tzaddik and the prized
<br>
child of his Holy father, Yaakov. How could he have a weakness for
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something so trivial like playing with his hair?"<br><br>
Rashi again says the same thing later on when Yosef was promoted in <br>
Potifar's house; he again starts to play with his hair and forgets <br>
that his father is suffering because of his unexplained <br>
disappearance. Is this the "Nazir Echav" that the Torah talks
about?<br><br>
Rav Schwab answers that we find the Torah also calls Shechem ben <br>
Chamor a "Naar". Yet we know Shechem was the oldest and most
<br>
important person in the kingdom after his father. There Rav Schwab <br>
therefore concludes, that "Naar" does not mean young, but
rather <br>
impatient like young people. It means acting on impulse without <br>
thoroughly thinking things through. This is what Shechem was guilty
of.<br><br>
Yosef had two dreams that told him he would be King. The Halacha is <br>
that a King must be freshly groomed every day as the pasuk says <br>
(Yeshaya 33:17), "Melech B'Yafyo Techezena Einecha; A King should be
<br>
seen in his glory." Yosef acted impatiently and on impulse
when at <br>
the young age of seventeen he already behaved as if his dreams of <br>
Kingdom materialized. Similarly, in Potifar's house, as soon as he <br>
was promoted and sensed an ascent to leadership, he once again jumped
<br>
too fast and began to take an interest in his regal appearance. For
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this the Torah calls him a "Naar" as he should have waited for
the <br>
right time and not jumped at the first sniff of power.<br><br>
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