I need to begin with a warning/disclaimer: this dvar Torah contains violent scenes that may be disturbing to some listeners. This is not one of those feel-good talks. Not only is Vayechi the last portion of Bereishit, of Genesis, it is one of the last portions of the secular year, read at a time of great darkness. A brief recap: Jacob lived the final 17 years of his life in Egypt. Before he died, he asked Joseph to promise that he would bury him in the same place as his fa