It says in this weeks Parsha :
"The sons of Yosef, the sons of Efraim, their
offspring...counted 40,500."(Bamidbar 1:33)
The midrash
explains the exact wording of the verse. The repetition of the word "sons" comes
to teach us that only the sons of Yosef, Efraim and Menashe were counted
amongst the Tribes of Israel. Yosef himself wasn`t considered a Tribe because
he didn`t participate in carrying the coffin of Yaakov to Chevron. Yaakov
didn`t include Yosef in respect to his position as the Ruler of Egypt. The
other sons of Yaakov plus the 2 sons of Yosef did the carrying, and were given
the future reward of each being considered a separate Tribe.
Rabbi Simcha Zissel learns a strong message from
this Chazal. Yosef would have loved to participate in the Mitzvah of carrying
his father. However his position didn`t allow it. It wasn`t any fault of his
own. We see that no matter how good the excuse , we don`t get the benefit of a
Mitzvah if we don`t do it.
Thank - you again Rabbi Glaser,
And Rosh Chodesh Tov
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