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(Deut. 25:17:) “Remember what Amalek did to you.” R. Tanhum bar Hanila'i opened [his discourse] (with Job 13:12), “Your remembrances are proverbs of ashes; your responses are respo...
The great Moses himself had such an experience. As we read in Exodus 4:24, on the road one night, Adonai—God—encountered Moses and sought to kill him. Talk about a plot twist! Why ...
The Torah focuses on Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, on Joseph and his brothers. But the world didn't stop spinning just because the Israelites were having family drama. According to Gi...
It’s a story filled with twists, turns, and a whole lot of divine intervention. It's the story of Joseph. After Joseph correctly interprets Pharaoh's dreams, foretelling seven year...
Remember, Joseph, now a powerful figure in Egypt, has finally revealed himself to his brothers, the same brothers who sold him into slavery years ago. It's a dramatic reunion fille...
The ancient rabbis certainly wrestled with this, and their stories, preserved in texts like Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, offer some fascinating perspectives. Our story today cen...
We all know the story. Joseph's brothers, consumed by jealousy, sell him into slavery. They return home, tearfully presenting their father Jacob with Joseph's bloodied cloak, claim...
Sometimes, the tradition gives us the most beautiful, unexpected answers. Take the story of Joseph and his brothers in Egypt. After all the drama, the famine, the accusations, and ...
Maybe it's because they tap into something deeply human, a shared understanding of fairness, justice, and even… reputation. to a fascinating little tidbit from the vast ocean of Je...
