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Why did Yosef and Binyomin cry over the<br />
destruction of both Batei Hamikdash and<br />
the Mishkan even though these calamities<br />
hadn’t happened yet<br />
Why didn’t Yaakov believe that Yosef was<br />
alive in Mitzraim<br />
Yosef and Binyamin cried over the future<br />
destruction of the Batei Hamikdash because<br />
they saw, through Ruach Hakodesh, that<br />
it would be destroyed because of Sinas<br />
Chinam (baseless hatred). They shed<br />
tears because they realized that Yosef’s<br />
exile, to a land distant from his father, was<br />
caused by senseless hatred. They realized<br />
that this hatred had not disappeared and<br />
would resurface many times in the future.<br />
Now, that’s something to cry about!<br />
Yaakov did not believe that Yosef was still<br />
alive, because the brothers lied previously<br />
saying that he was killed by a wild animal.<br />
Also, Yaakov could not believe that his son<br />
Yosef was alive spiritually in that spiritual<br />
wasteland, Mitzraim.
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