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Issachar, fifth son of Jacob and Leah, called his sons together and said: "Hearken, my children, to Issachar your father. Give ear to the words of him who is beloved of the Lord." ...
Zebulun, sixth son of Jacob and Leah, was dying in his hundred and fourteenth year, two years after Joseph. He gathered his sons and said: "I am not conscious that I have sinned al...
Joseph, eleventh son of Jacob, beloved of Rachel, was about to die. He called his sons and brethren together and spoke. "My brethren and my children, hearken to Joseph the beloved ...
R. Yonathan says: "and I will skip over you." I will be compassionate to you, but not to the Egyptians. I might think that an Egyptian in a Jewish house would be rescued. It is, th...
And it's an image that's explored beautifully in the Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms. (Psalm 103:13) says, "As a father has compass...
The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of rabbinic commentary on the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), shares this fascinating perspective. It recounts a dialogue between God and the Torah bef...
