## Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayechi

###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Vayechi 1:1
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ויחי יעקב בארץ מצרים וגו' (בראשית מז כח). למה פרשה זו סתומה מכל פרשיות, אלא כיון שמת יעקב התחיל השעבוד על ישראל. וטעם אחר שבקש לגלות את קץ הימין ונסתם ממנו. וטעם אחר שסתם ממנו כל צרות שבעולם.

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
(Gen. 47:28:) AND JACOB LIVED IN THE LAND OF EGYPT SEVENTEEN YEARS …. Why is this parashah more closed¹ than all other parashiyyot?² Because, as soon as Jacob died, the servitude of Israel began. But another reason is that he desired to reveal the end of days, but it was closed off from him.³ And another reason is that he closed off all the troubles in the world from him.

footnotes:
¹ Normally a new section (or parashah) has a space of nine letters, while a subsection begins after a space of three letters. This section begins after a space of one letter.
² Gen. R. 96:1.
³ See below, 12:9; Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Gen. 49:1.