Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Kingdom of Joseph and Potiphar

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:83

You know, the one with the coat of many colors? We're past the coat now, past the jealous brothers, and right into his new life in Egypt. He's working in the house of Potiphar, an ...

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Potiphar: Joseph in the Days of Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:85

But let's rewind to the very beginning of his Egyptian adventure. The Torah tells us Joseph's brothers sold him to a caravan heading to Egypt. But what happened when he actually go...

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Pharaoh's Legacy and Jacob

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:194

Not just a little hunger pang, but the gnawing, desperate emptiness that turns societies upside down. That’s the scene we’re walking into. "The grain that we put aside during the g...

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Joseph: Jacob's Legacy

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:226

He's already endured the unspeakable loss of his beloved son, Joseph. Or so he thinks. His other sons, driven by jealousy, had secretly sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt years ago,...

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Joseph Among the Heavenly Host

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:312

After years of famine, Joseph, now the all-powerful viceroy of Egypt, finally reveals himself to his brothers. Can you imagine their shock? "Ye see it with your own eyes," Joseph d...

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Jacob: Joseph and the Patriarchs

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:346

The story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis, and the elaborations on it in later Jewish tradition, offer a powerful counter-narrative to that feeling. : Joseph, sold into slavery by...

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Joseph: Jacob and Noah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:363

Let's look at a moment between Jacob and Joseph, a father and son bound by love, yet separated by doubt. Jacob, nearing the end of his life in Egypt, makes a request of Joseph: to ...

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Death of Jacob and Reuben

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:365

Joseph, ever the dutiful son, promises his father he'll be buried in Palestine, the land of their ancestors. But it's not just a simple promise. Joseph adds a crucial detail: "As t...

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Wisdom of Joseph of Jacob

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:461

That's the tightrope Joseph walked in the Book of Genesis, and the sages, in their boundless wisdom, expanded on it in the Legends of the Jews. We all know the story: Joseph, the f...

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