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That's the situation Joseph found himself in, according to Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg. The story unfolds with Joseph, now a powerful figure in Egypt, testing his brother...
We often hear about Joseph, the dreamer, the interpreter of dreams, the one who rose to power in Egypt. But what about his personal life? Did he ever find love amidst all the polit...
The story opens with a sage, simply called Rabbi, deeply engrossed in defining the precise borders of the tribe of Benjamin. Now, Benjamin was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, e...
That’s kind of what happened in Egypt, according to the legends surrounding Joseph, the dreamer who rose to power. Remember Joseph? Sold into slavery by his brothers, he ended up i...
He wasn't a Canaanite, mind you, those ancient inhabitants of the land of Israel. But, like some of them, Korah serves as a cautionary tale: immense wealth, squandered by pride. Th...
We all know the story of Joseph. Sold into slavery, falsely accused, imprisoned, but ultimately rising to become second-in-command in Egypt. But what happened after he interpreted ...
It all starts with Jacob, also known as Israel, nearing the end of his life in Egypt. Asenath, Joseph's wife, notices Jacob's declining health. Knowing the power of a righteous man...
We all know the story: the coat of many colors, the dreams, the rise to power in Egypt. But what about before all that? What was Joseph really like as a teenager? According to Lege...
That’s kind of what happens in this little scene from Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews, and it’s absolutely fascinating. The setup: Joseph, now a powerful figure in Egypt, has finall...
