Parshat Vayigash

Yosef was a hero in many ways,
He was second to the king in his days,
If about Yosef so much we hear,
Why is it that another brother's name we bear?

Where does the word "Yehudi/Jew" originate from?
From the name Yehuda/Judah it does come,
What great thing did Yehuda do,
That King David and Moshiach come from him too?

From Parshat Vayigash the answer is clear,
Yehuda pleads for his brother Binyamin, so dear,
Yehuda completely changed his ways,
To sell Yosef was a suggestion from his past days.

"Let me remain in place of the boy," Yehuda declared,
To suffer what he once inflicted on Yosef, he was prepared,
So that Yosef's fate, Binyamin wouldn't have to share,
Concern replaced a lack of care.

The first Bal Teshuva, Yehuda became,
That is why we bear his name,
From Yehuda we learn our wrongdoings to recognize,
To change our bad ways, we will strive!

Those that return stand higher than the righteous it does say,
Yosef was righteous, but for Teshuva, Yehuda paved the way!
However great an individual may be,
Greater still is one who is capable of growth and change, we see.

Souvenir: sorry game card