We must have a k’li kibbul (receiving vessel) to receive the bracha (blessing) that Hashem is always ready to give. Zohar writes that Yoseph is like Shabbos: both are Makor (source) habracha and stem from yirah (awe). Why Eretz Yisrael is called zavas chalav u’dvash (land flowing with milk and honey). Why Parshas Vayechi is s’tuma (closed). Galus (exile) limits our yiras shamayim (Fear of Heaven). Learning kabbala nowadays.
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