"Hinei Bincha Yosef ba Eilecha Vayischazek Yisroel Vayeishev Al HaMita"
(Vayichi 48:2). Yaakov was sick and he was told that Yosef is coming to
visit him. After Yosef came, Yaakov strengthened himself and sat up on
the bed. From where did Yaakov muster this strength?
The gemara (Nedarim 39b) says that when someone visits a sick person he
takes away 1/60 of the pain. The gemara adds that this is only if the
visitor is his Ben Gilo, meaning they are born under the same Mazal.
The Vilna Gaon says that we know that Yosef was the Ben Gilo of Yaakov,
as there life stories followed similar paths. Furthermore the word
"Hinei" is gematria 60 and the word HaMita is gematria 59. Yosef was
told, "Hinei Avicha Choleh" as in the 60 degrees of his pain. After
Yosef arrived, "Vayischazek Yisroel Vayeishev Al HaMita." Yosef took
1/60 of the pain and Yaakov was able to strengthen himself on "HaMita"
because now he only had 59 parts pain.
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