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It's far more than just a tale of sibling rivalry and Egyptian intrigue. According to the Legends of the Jews, compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Jacob endured the hardships of his ...
But the why behind the seven years of plenty and the seven years of famine might be more dramatic than you think. Remember how Joseph, after years of hardship, finally finds himsel...
The text tells us that Jacob was grievously ill, and it’s no wonder. Think about all he’d been through! Remember his years of relentless toil while working for Laban? Day and night...
Not just through a messenger, mind you, but also from his son, Ephraim, who was studying Torah with Jacob himself. Talk about a complicated family dynamic! Joseph doesn't hesitate....
That feeling runs deep in our stories, especially when we look at the patriarch Jacob. Jacob, wrestling with his own past and the legacy of his forefathers, finds himself in a mome...
That’s the scene we find ourselves in, as we eavesdrop on the final moments between Jacob and his eldest son, Reuben. Jacob, on his deathbed, addresses Reuben. "Reuben, thou art my...
We pick up the story with the sons of Esau. You remember Esau. Jacob's brother, the one who traded his birthright for a bowl of lentil stew. Well, his descendants, after some time,...
It's the twenty-first day of the second month, in the second year of a devastating seven-year famine. Jacob, weary but resolute, makes his way down to Egypt. Famine had gripped the...
Levi, son of Jacob and father of the Levites, did. And it all started with a dream. Two days after a particularly vivid dream, Levi and his brother Judah went to their grandfather,...
