In this week’s Parashat Vayigash, it says – “פרק מ”ה פסוק ט מַהֲרוּ֮ וַעֲל֣וּ אֶל־אָבִי֒ וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו” כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ בִּנְךָ֣ יוֹסֵ֔ף שָׂמַ֧נִי אֱלֹהִ֛ים לְאָד֖וֹן לְכׇל־מִצְרָ֑יִם רְדָ֥ה אֵלַ֖י אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹֽד׃ – Now, hurry back to my father and say to him: Thus says your son Yosef, ‘G-d has made me king of all Egypt, come down to me without delay.” Why does the Torah write “come down”? The answer is that Ya’akov is in Eretz Yisrael, which is more than Egypt, thus showing why Yosef said come down, entering into the galut of Mitzrayim / Egypt.
-Yitzchak Tal
