Reply To: Parsheh of the Week Interpretation

וישב יעקב, Yaakov Avinu wanted to live in peace so Hashem said, isn’t it enough for the tzadikim to gain Gan Eden after life they also want to enjoy this life so the worry of Yosef fell on him. The question is why doesn’t Hashem want that they should gain both worlds? Explains the Ksav Sofer that the tzadik must worry his whole life that he might not gain the world to come and thereby he will improve himself and be able to gain it actually and the same time since his life is constantly a worry, he loses the benefits of this world. Whereas the wicked don’t believe in the next world to come or they are sure they will gain it, will not improve themselves and thereby enjoy themselves this world and lose the benefits of the next world. Therefore a tzadik can never lose the worry for the gaining of the next world, so Yaakov Avinu had the worry about Yosef and worry that maybe he will lose his after life because he can only gain after life if all children alive.