As we read Parshat Vayeshev this week where Yaakov believes that his son Yosef was killed, news reports are rife with a story about three teenagers found alive after they were feared dead. There are many lessons to be learned from the incident. One article began with the headline, "Three teenagers survive 50 days adrift in Pacific."
We can learn that no matter how far we have drifted, there is always hope of coming back.
"The teenagers survived mainly on coconuts and rainwater Three teenage boys have been found alive after being lost in their boat in the Pacific Ocean for 50 days.
The boys, from the Tokelau Islands, a New Zealand-administered territory in the South Pacific, had been given up for dead after an unsuccessful search.
A tuna fishing boat picked them up near Fiji and is taking them to hospital for treatment for severe sunburn.
Even though a memorial service had been held for the boys, an aunt of one of the boys said, "My mum, she cried every day and every night," ... "We believed he was still alive anyway, we thought that God was still with them."
...After speaking to Sam on the telephone, she said: "He was asking for forgiveness. I think they did learn a big lesson".
Read full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11836284
For us, it is a lesson of not giving up hope, even when things look bad.
Don't despair אל תתייאש
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