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Joseph: (a) (1562-1452 BCE) Son of Jacob and Rachel, eleventh of the Twelve Tribes.
As the oldest son of his favored wife, Jacob loved him dearly and gave him preferential treatment, causing Joseph's brothers to envy him and sell him into slavery. He landed in Egypt, where, after enduring slavery and prison, he interpreted Pharaoh’s puzzling dreams and became viceroy of the land. During the famine that followed he brought his family down to Egypt, setting the stage for their slavery and ultimately their Exodus. Buried in Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem. (b) A common Jewish name.
It can all feel so crippling, that it seems like there’s no way out. This week's Torah portion teaches us that there is!
We need feeling and responsiveness. The problem is that if we base our lives only on the things to which we can easily respond we may miss some very important connections.
A series of drawings by Dutch artist Shoshannah Brombacher, based on the Biblical stories about Joseph, the son of the patriarch Jacob
Joseph Prince of Egypt
Joseph is portrayed as a bundle of emotion with tears his constant companion. Is this the Joseph who found favor in the eyes of Pharaoh to the degree that he was appointed viceroy of the mighty Egypt?
At first sight this might seem a pathetic, powerless pleading: the cringing Jew, Judah, facing the Egyptian Vizier...
The significance of the two food gifts Joseph is said to have sent to Jacob from Egypt
The story of Joseph revealing himself to his brothers after decades of bitter separation is one of the most dramatic in the Torah. On a deeper level, it describes the moment of self-revelation in which our deepest soul makes itself known to us
Joseph did not merely resist the harmful influences of Egyptian society. Nor did he timorously live in hermit-like seclusion to avoid being adversely influenced. Quite the contrary: he exerted a powerful and beneficial influence on the Egyptians, as we cl...
The encounter between Judah and Joseph—a Kabbalistic perspective.
In his daily life, the Jew must be a Joseph; but his education must be provided by a Judah.
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