פרשת וישב
'ויהי ה' את יוסף ויהי איש מצליח | בראשית ל"ט, ב
Hashem was with Yosef, and he became a successful man.
The sefer בצל החכמה asks, wouldn’t have been more accurate to have written "איש מוצלח"? When a person is successful the term used is איש מוצלח, why then would the Torah write איש מוצליח?
He answers that Yosef was constantly worrying about the success of others. Therefore, the Torah writes איש מוצליח, meaning that he is constantly seeing to it that others are successful.
This is an accurate description of what we do as mechanchim. Our lives are devoted to securing success of our student. The title איש מוצליח fits us perfectly!
About the Author: Rabbi Yisroel Meir Rubinfeld
Rabbi Rubinfeld has been in the field of Torah education for over 3 decades and serves as an Executive School Consultant for Torah Umesorah. He provides an array of services to schools across North America, including teacher and principal mentorship, school and curricula evaluations, professional development and parent education.
Rabbi Rubinfeld's expertise includes classroom management and discipline, effective instruction, bullying, cultivating sensitivity in the classroom, impulse disorders (such as ADHD and ODD), and balancing the educational needs of mainstream and special needs children in the classroom.
Rabbi Rubinfeld is the also the founder and director of Torah Umesorah's Lilmod U'Lilamed department which provides professional development for teachers and principals throughout the year.
Rabbi Rubinfeld is a talmid of the distinguished Yeshivos of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, the Mirrer Yeshiva in Yerushalayim and Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood.