“And Yaakov lived in in the land of Egypt for seventeen years . . . .” Yaakov did not merely change his address he lived. The Zohar ( :216b) explains these years were free from the travail that had characterized the rest of Yaakov Avinu ’H ‘s life. So the connotation of Va’Ychi is not just and he lived but more like and he came to life, a life restored, renewed and revived. This becomes particularly interesting as this was Egypt a place not well known for embracing the values and beliefs...
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