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That's the scene we encounter in the story of Zuleika and Joseph, a tale brimming with passion, temptation, and unwavering faith. The story, as retold in Ginzberg's Legends of the ...
The food they'd bought in Egypt was gone, and the children, their tiny voices filled with hunger, cried out, "Give us bread, that we die not of hunger before thee." Can you picture...
Remember, he'd already "lost" his beloved Joseph, and Simeon was being held hostage. Sending Benjamin, his youngest, felt like tempting fate. But Judah stepped up. Judah, in a mome...
Little does Jacob know the drama unfolding there, the accusations, the imprisonment of Simeon, and the demand to bring Benjamin, his youngest and most cherished son, back to Egypt....
That’s the weight Jacob, Yaakov, carried as he sent his sons back to Egypt. He wasn't just sending them on a trade mission; he was sending them into the unknown, potentially to the...
Even a turban for Jacob himself! They were ready to journey to Egypt, to leave Canaan and dwell with Joseph. The word had spread and, according to Legends of the Jews, the kings an...
That’s kind of how Jacob must have felt, facing the prospect of his family’s descent into Egypt. The stories tell us that Jacob, also known as Israel, was deeply concerned about th...
When Joseph's brothers stood before Pharaoh, they made it crystal clear: Egypt wasn't the final destination. It was a temporary stop, a place to weather a storm. They weren't plann...
We’re talking about Jacob, of course, and his son Levi. Jacob, nearing the end of his life, was deeply concerned about the future of his family, his tribe, his legacy. According to...
