A vort from the Rebbe on this week's parashah, Parashat Vayeishev. In the beginning of Parashat Vayeishev we learn about the two dreams of Yosef. He had a dream that they were all, him and his brothers were in the field, that they were making bundles, his bundle got up and their bundles bowed down to him. The second dream was that he saw the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowing down to him. Now, both dreams have the same message. Both dreams are that the shevatim are going to bow down to Yosef. So why do we need two dreams? Why wasn't the first dream enough to bring out this point, why do you need the second dream?

So the Rebbe explains it as follows. It says in sefarim that this idea that they bowed down to Yosef represents the idea that you have to be mekushar to a tzadik. Yosef is יוסף הצדיק, צדיק יסוד עולם, צדיק is the foundation of the world, and them bowing down to him means that they were mekushar to the tzadik, they bowed down. What does the inyan of bowing down mean? Bowing down you bow down your head, gashmiyut, but there is a spiritual meaning behind it, that you give over your head, your intellect, and everything else that you own to the person you bow down to. This is hitkashrut to a tzadik. So the first dream represents the hitkashrut to Yosef Hatzadik, to the tzadik, to the Rebbe, if you are a person that's involved in gashmiyut. The first dream things was gashmiyut, they were sitting in the field, they were making bundles. So when a person is involved in gashmiyut, we understand he has to be batel to a tzadik, because you need extra kochot to make sure that you're going to serve Hashem properly, because you're involved in gashmiyut. So then we need a tzadik, you go to the tzadik, you get inspired, the tzadik gives you extra kochot, teaches you, and etc., etc. So if you're mekushar to the tzadik, this will help you serve Hashem when you are involved in gashmiyut. But one might think that only if you're involved in gashmiyut, then you need the special help from the tzadik in order to serve Hashem properly. What about a person who is involved in higher things? A person the sun and the moon represent, the stars represent higher inyanim. So a person who's involved in Torah and עבודת השם and he's involved in ruchniyut, he is not involved in gashmiyut. One might think he doesn't need a tzaddik because he himself is serving Hashem.

That's why we need the second dream. The second dream is talking about that you're shamayim and your, your שמש וירח, your sun and the moon and the stars, they are higher things, and they also bowed down to Yosef. Which means to teach you that even a person like that also needs the help of a tzaddik. That by being mekushar to the tzaddik, this helps to serve Hashem even better than you would serve without him. And that's why we needed the two dreams. One is to teach you that a person who's involved in gashmiyut has to be batel to the tzaddik, to Yosef HaTzaddik, the נשיא הדור, and the second dream shows that even if a person is involved in ruchniyut, also has to be batel to the tzaddik, has to be batel to the צדיק הדור, to Yosef. And that's why we needed the two dreams.