Shemos 5776 – Yosef HaTzaddik – Pillar of Joy (Entire Shiur)

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This week’s parsha shiur is based on Orach Chaim, Hilkhos Hodoah 6, Para. 57. Our sages teach that Hashem always sends the remedy before He sends the affliction. So before He sent us into exile, He prepared the way for us to leave through Yosef HaTzaddik. Because Yosef refused to give in to a slave mentality while in the service of Potifar, he made it possible for Bnei Yisroel to maintain faith in Hashem through centuries of slavery. Yosef HaTzadik was an unshakeable pillar of joy because he knew: “For you will be released from exile through joy.” (Yishayahu/Isaiah 55:12)