Aliya Summary: Joseph's brothers were away tending their father's
sheep, when Jacob sent Joseph to see how his brothers and the flocks
were faring. When Joseph's brothers saw him approaching they plotted to
kill him. Reuven, however, implored them not to shed blood, advising
them instead to cast him into one of the nearby pits. Reuven's plan was
to later return and rescue Joseph from the pit.
Rashi
says that Reuven truly intended to come back and save Yosef, but his
reason was that he, as the oldest, would take all the blame if something
were to indeed happen to Yosef (pretty selfish reason). Nonetheless, he
gets the credit for the good deed he planned on doing, despite the
facts that 1) it wasn't accomplished and that 2) his motives were not
pure. How much more credit is there for those of us with proper motives
that DO accomplish our objectives and do good things!
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