Hi! I’m the diary of Yosef, who was the second to the king of the land of Egypt! I have to tell you that Yosef wasn’t always so rich and powerful. I invite you to flip through my pages and read about the many challenges and troubles that Yosef had to face.
“My 11 brothers are worried because I told them about my two dreams. In the first, 11 stars bowed down to my star. In the second, 11 bundles of wheat bowed down to my bundle…”
“My brothers took away my beautiful striped coat that father made for me and threw me into a pit. Then they sold me to some Arabs who were on their way to Egypt…”
All the kids made pictures of sad and angry faces and wrote about how they thought Yosef felt in their pretend diaries.
Let us take a peek into the Torah scroll and see how Yosef really felt. When Yosef revealed himself to his brothers he said: “Don’t be distressed and don’t reproach yourselves…It was not you who sent me here, but G-d.”
Yosef was righteous, he didn’t get angry at his brothers at all. He believed that G-d is in control of everything that happens to us. In the end he saw clearly that all his troubles were part of a plan to get him to become second to the king in Egypt, so that he could provide for his entire family during the years of hunger.
After the kids heard this they were able to understand why anger is compared to idol worship. If a person remembers all the time that Hashem is the only G-d who is running this world, in the best possible way, he won’t get angry!
The next time you control your anger please write about it in your diary or you can write it right here in Yosef’s diary. Hurry there are only a few empty pages left.
Looking forward to reading a few new entries,
Yosef’s diary
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