Who Sent the Wagons to Jacob?
Who Sent the Wagons to Jacob? In this week’s Torah portion, Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27), we read of Joseph’s descent to Egypt and his rise to leadership, we read that during the famine wagons full of supplies were sent to Jacob in the land of Canaan. The issue of who sent the wagons to Jacob is especially relevant since the Torah tells us that when Yaacov “saw the wagons Joseph sent, his spirit was revived" (Genesis 45:27). Our sages explain that when Jacob saw these wagons, he took this a
Zalman Kravitz