Yaakov hears the impossible: Yosef is alive. Not only alive, but ruler of Mitzrayim.

If we were there, we’d ask one question immediately:

How? Who did this? What happened to my son?

But the Rashbam points out something shocking: the brothers never told Yaakov how Yosef ended up in Mitzrayim, and Yaakov doesn’t force it out of them. After 22 years of pain, how could a father not demand the story?

Maybe because Yaakov teaches us a deep lesson in bitachon and focus: he didn’t need the “how” once he saw the Who.

When Yaakov saw Yosef alive and on the throne, it wasn’t only relief. It was clarity.

First, Yosef’s dreams came true.

And Second, Hashem had already told Avraham that his descendants would go down to a foreign land and later emerge with great wealth. This entire story wasn’t a tragic accident. It was part of the unfolding plan of building Am Yisrael.

And when you truly know Hashem is running the story, you don’t always need every detail to feel settled. Not because details don’t matter, but because they’re not always your avodah.

That’s why the Torah highlights what did revive Yaakov: “He saw the agalot Yosef sent… and Yaakov’s spirit came back to life.” Chazal say Yosef was hinting to eglah arufah, the last sugya they learned together. Yosef wasn’t sending explanations. He was sending a message: I’m still Yosef. I’m still connected. The Torah you gave me stayed with me.

That was what Yaakov needed to know. Not the drama. Not the blame. What mattered was that Hashem was guiding them, Yosef was here, and the family could move forward.

And that becomes a filter for our lives too.

We can spend our days chasing information that doesn’t actually help us live better: headlines, rumors, arguments, endless opinions. A simple test:

Will knowing this help me serve Hashem better today?
If not, it may be noise.

Yaakov shows us how a Jew lives with clarity: not chasing every “how,” but staying loyal to the Who, and doing what’s ours to do.