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Book of Jubilees turns to Judah and Joseph of Tamar. Remember Judah? One of Jacob’s sons, a key figure in the story of Joseph and his coat of many colors. Well, his story doesn't e...
It’s a universal sting, and even Joseph, the dreamer of dreams himself, wasn't immune. Book of Jasher and see how this plays out. So, Joseph is still stuck in that Egyptian prison....
The familiar story centers on Joseph and his brothers. Sold into slavery in Egypt, he rises to prominence, eventually saving his family from famine. But let's rewind and look at th...
That’s a glimpse into the trials of Joseph. The story of Joseph, as told in the Torah, is already But the rabbinic tradition, the wellspring of Jewish interpretation and storytelli...
His own brothers, driven by jealousy, threw him into a pit. But the story doesn't end there, does it? He's pulled out, not to be rescued and returned home, but to be sold. Here’s t...
Legends of the Jews turns to The Midianites Got Buyer's Remorse After Purchasing Joseph. Let's rewind a bit. We know the story of Joseph. Sold into slavery by his jealous brothers....
They’d just sold him into slavery, a betrayal that surely echoed in the heavens. But now, they had a bigger problem: how to explain his absence to their father, Jacob. In Legends o...
The Ishmaelites who’d taken him to Egypt began to suspect something wasn't right. They'd heard whispers: "This Joseph... he's not just some runaway. He's the son of Jacob, a powerf...
The familiar story is this:. Joseph's brothers, consumed by jealousy, sell him into slavery. They return home, tearfully presenting their father Jacob with Joseph's bloodied cloak,...
The tables being turned... Imagine you holding all the cards, knowing the truth while others are desperately trying to keep up a charade. That’s the kind of tension we find ourselv...
The death of Moses is the most devastating scene in the Torah. And the Talmud in Sotah 13b expands it into something almost unbearable. Moses pleaded with God not to let him die. H...
"But Zion said, 'The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me'" (Isaiah 49:14). And God answers, not with proof of presence but with a reminder of what "remembering" actuall...
The Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael preserves a remarkable teaching by Shimon of Kitron about why God split the Red Sea for Israel. The answer has nothing to do with Moses raising his st...
The confession arrives without prompting. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 42:21) preserves the exact moment the brothers name what they did: "In truth we are guilty concerning o...
Joseph's blessing is the longest Jacob delivers, and Targum Pseudo-Jonathan packs it with detail no translator could resist. "Joseph, my son, thou hast become great and mighty.. be...
Our story picks up with Joseph, a mere seventeen years old, ripped from his family and sold into slavery in Egypt. The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text that expands on the bibl...
That tension, that feeling of unease even amidst blessing, it's woven right into the fabric of the story of Joseph and his brothers. And in the Book of Jubilees, a retelling of Gen...
That feeling, that primal dread of exposure, is at the heart of this little snippet from the Book of Jubilees, chapter 43. The Book of Jubilees, for those less familiar, is a fasci...
Book of Jasher turns to The Brothers' Remorse After Selling Joseph. The chapter opens with the brothers’ remorse. “Their hearts were smitten on account of him,” the verse says, “an...
The only clue? A tattered, blood-stained coat. It's a scene ripped straight from the biblical story of Joseph, and the heartbreaking moment Jacob, his father, is presented with wha...
The familiar story is this: – Joseph, sold into slavery, rises through the ranks in the house of Potiphar, an Egyptian official. But it wasn't all smooth sailing. Potiphar's wife, ...
A devastating famine had gripped the land of Canaan, and word reached Joseph, now a high-ranking official in Egypt, that his brothers might be forced to come seeking grain. Remembe...
That’s where we find ourselves in the story of Joseph and his brothers. They'd sold him into slavery, a secret festering between them. Now, facing hardship, their first thought, th...
The biblical Joseph is often remembered as this wise, almost saintly figure. But what if I told you there was a moment, a crucial encounter with his brothers, where he seemed.. les...
Legends of the Jews turns to Joseph Tests His Brothers Over Benjamin's Freedom. Joseph, now a powerful figure in Egypt, is testing his brothers. He's been playing coy, hiding his t...
That’s kind of what happened when Joseph and his brothers finally made peace in Egypt. Remember the story? Joseph, sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, rises to power in Egyp...
Jacob, nearing his end, isn't just dictating his will. He's imparting something far more profound. He turns to Joseph, his favored son, the one who rose to power in Egypt. "And tho...
She faked an illness to be alone with him. That detail, from Josephus's retelling in the Antiquities, transforms a familiar story into something far more calculated. Potiphar's wif...
Two years. That is how long Joseph sat in an Egyptian prison after correctly predicting the fate of Pharaoh's cupbearer, who had promised to remember him and then promptly forgot. ...
Joseph made his brothers swear a solemn oath, and the Mekhilta records the exact logic behind his request. He said to them: "My father went down to Egypt of his own free will, and ...
Midrash Mishlei, a collection of rabbinic teachings that draws insights from the Book of Proverbs, dives deep into the complexities of this foundational narrative. It begins with a...
The ancient text Sifrei Devarim, a commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, explores just that. It all centers around a specific verse, a prohibition against kidnapping found in (Deu...
Bereshit Rabbah turns to Joseph Rises to Overseer in Potiphar's House. Remember Joseph? Sold into slavery in Egypt? He ends up in the house of Potiphar, an Egyptian official. And t...
The ones that make you think, "Wait, how did that happen?" to a fascinating little corner of the Joseph story, found in Bereshit Rabbah, a compilation of rabbinic interpretations o...
Judah, fourth son of Jacob and Leah, gathered his sons and told them everything. His mother had named him Judah, saying, "I give thanks to the Lord, because He has given me a fourt...
The sages taught that on the day of judgment, every soul will be asked why it did not devote itself to Torah. Three common excuses will be raised, poverty, wealth, and youth. And t...
The moment is cinematic. Pharaoh pulls his signet ring from his own finger and slides it onto Joseph's. He drapes him in fine linen. He fastens a collar of gold around his neck. Ta...
Ten brothers conspired. Ten brothers sold Joseph. Ten brothers dipped the coat in goat's blood. But when it came time to actually bring the coat to their father, Targum Pseudo-Jona...
The moment Jacob examines the bloody coat, something astonishing happens. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 37:33) gives us a line that reshapes the whole Joseph narrative. Jacob ...
When Er died, the custom of yibbum, levirate marriage, required his brother Onan to marry Tamar and father a child who would legally carry Er's name and inherit Er's portion. The f...
The Targum preserves a grammatical peculiarity that the Sages loved. They dreamed a dream, both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man his own dream, and the interpreta...
Dreams not just of success, but of them bowing down to you! You can almost feel the tension in the air, can’t you? Initially, Joseph’s brothers brush off his dream, unwilling to ev...
Legends of the Jews turns to Joseph Accused the Brothers of Stealing His Divination Cup. He accuses them, quite dramatically, of stealing his cup! "What deed is this that ye have d...
Let me tell you a story, one ripped from the pages of Legends of the Jews, that might just give you a taste. Joseph, elevated to power in Egypt, is finally face-to-face with his br...
Legends of the Jews turns to Zepho Was Chained and Imprisoned After Losing to Joseph. After a fierce battle, Joseph, yes, that Joseph, of the coat of many colors, returned triumpha...
Legends of the Jews turns to Joseph Visited Potiphar and Was Offered Asenath in Marriage. In Ginzberg's retelling in, Legends of the Jews, during the first of the seven years of pl...
Someone was ready to stoke those embers. The son of Pharaoh, consumed by his own wicked ambitions, wasn't about to let things lie. He'd already failed to turn Simon and Levi agains...
A heavy scene. That's where we find ourselves with a certain king in the Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg). He's surrounded by Queen Alfar'anit and his nobles, all weeping, as he prep...
