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Take, for instance, the story of Jacob mourning the loss of his beloved son, Joseph. We all know the story. Joseph's brothers, driven by jealousy, sell him into slavery and then pr...
Jewish tradition understands this deeply, acknowledging that while time can heal the wound of death, the absence of someone vanished, someone still living, leaves a different kind ...
We pick up the story after some tragic events, chronicled in Genesis 38. Tamar, already twice widowed to Judah's sons, finds herself in a difficult position. According to the laws ...
After the whole heartbreaking ordeal of selling Joseph into slavery to the Midianites, Judah's brothers came to him with a proposition. "If things were normal," they said, "our fat...
We often hear about Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and the terrible events surrounding Shechem. But did you know that Simon, one of her brothers, had a son named Saul with a woman named...
He faced a test that could have changed his life forever. The story goes that when Potiphar's wife, Zuleika, tried to seduce him, he refused. "I fear my master," he said, according...
But there's a twist. In Legends of the Jews, we hear how she noticed a sudden change in Joseph's face. "My friend and true-love, why art thou so affrighted that thou art near to sw...
That’s where we find Joseph in this story. The scene: Joseph, after years of separation and hardship, is finally reunited with his father, Jacob. It’s a moment of profound joy, a c...
A slow fade, a warning siren before the final curtain call. But what if I told you that wasn't always the way? That there was a time when death was a sudden thief, snatching people...
