Thus, according to Galatians 5:22-23,
“ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.”
Fruit does not come from efforts like legalistic rule-following, or attitudes that exude“ do I really have to do this,” but instead must grow naturally out of trust.
Forgiveness is very rooted in the reading of Parashah Vayigash – and is seen when [ Judah ] drew near,
“ At last Yosef could no longer control his feelings in front of his attendants and cried,‘ Get everybody away from me!’ So no one else was with him when Yosef revealed to his brothers who he was. He wept aloud, and the Egyptians heard, and Pharaoh’ s household heard. Yosef said to his brothers,‘ I am Yosef! Is it true that my father is still alive?’ His brothers couldn’ t answer him, they were so dumbfounded at seeing him. Yosef said to his brothers,‘ Please! Come closer.’ And they came closer. He said,‘ I am Yosef, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But don’ t be sad that you sold me into slavery here or angry at yourselves, because it was God who sent me ahead of you to preserve life. The famine has been over the land for the last two years, and for yet another five years there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
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