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How could Yosef justify causing Yaakov tremendous pain by concealing his identity and forcing Binyamin to come to Egypt? Yosef held that the Avos needed to become actual members of Klal Yisrael through malchus, not just its progenitors. His administrative kingship unified the family under one structure, making Yaakov part of the nation rather than merely its father.
The shiur begins with a fundamental question: how could Yosef HaTzaddik justify causing his father Yaakov such tremendous suffering by not revealing his identity and manipulating circumstances to bring Binyamin down to Egypt? The answer lies in understanding a profound disagreement between Yosef and his brothers about the transition from the era of Avos to the era of Banim. The Chazal's statement that Yosef reported his brothers were eating 'ever min hachai' reveals a deeper halachic dispute. The brothers held they had the status of Bnei Yisrael and could therefore eat from a mefarcheset (convulsing animal after shechita), while Yosef maintained they still had the status of Bnei Noach and were forbidden from doing so. This reflects their fundamental disagreement about whether the period of Avos had ended.
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