Vayechi

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Vayechi

Vayechi means: “and he lived”,

But that’s not what Yaakov told Pharaoh,

He said he was old,

But his life had been cold,

Compared to the lives of his Avos.

When Yosef used the phrase “od Avi chai”

As a question - or statement of truth,

He could not perceive,

How his Father had grieved,

All the way back to his youth.

Yaakov wouldn’t tell Pharaoh that he had “lived”,

To say otherwise would be a lie,

’Til he’d savored the juice,

Of the fruit he’d produced,

Now he could respond, Ani Chai.