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Joseph, the dreamer, the interpreter of dreams, the viceroy of Egypt… he died younger than he should have. The Sefer ha-Yashar attributes his early demise to a seemingly minor infr...
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...
We often think of the biblical Joseph, Yosef, as a figure of dreams and colorful coats. But he was so much more. He was a leader, a compassionate advisor, and a son devoted to his ...
Turns out, in Jewish tradition, names can be packed with meaning, hinting at destinies and even entire tribal characteristics. We see this beautifully illustrated in the lineage of...
As his days dwindled, he called his children together, not just to say goodbye, but to share the story of his life, and astonishingly, to foretell their futures, all the way to the...
The feeling is as old as time, and it certainly echoes through the ancient stories of our ancestors. Let me tell you about a vision, a calling, described in Ginzberg's Legends of t...
Judah, in his later years, implores his children: "Do not intoxicate yourselves with wine." Why this warning? Because, he says, "wine twists the understanding away from the truth, ...
Legends tell us about the path to that simplicity. It's a path laid out with love and wisdom, a path that resonates even now. "And now hearken unto me, my children," the voice seem...
Let’s take a peek into the final moments of Naphtali. After giving his children all sorts of life lessons – we’re not told exactly what they were, but you can imagine the kind of g...
