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Why do some mitzvos involve celebratory meals while others don't? The shiur develops the concept of menucha as achievement rather than rest, showing that we celebrate mitzvos that represent completion or fulfillment. Yissachar's tribe understood Torah study as menucha - true accomplishment - which drove them to extraordinary scholarship and expertise in calendar calculation.
Why did Yosef stop eating with his brothers after Yaakov died, and why did the burial procession take a circuitous route through Ever HaYarden? The shiur develops that Yaakov's burial wasn't a family affair but the first act of Malchus Yisrael, with Yosef functioning as divinely appointed king through his oath. This created the prototype for the future exodus while requiring Yosef to distance himself politically afterward.
