Binyamin and the brothers
Judah once allowed a son of Rachel to be taken, but in this week's parsha, he offers to sacrifice himself instead of Benjamin, because Jacob's soul is bound up in the soul of Benjamin. Where do we see…
Read more ›The Torah tells in Parashat Vayigash of the descent of Yaakov and his family to Egypt. Yosef reveals his identity to his brothers and then sends them back to Canaan to urge Yaakov to resettle in Egypt…
Read more ›After revealing his identity to his brothers, Yosef presents them with gifts: "To each of them he gave a change of clothing; but to Binyamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of …
Read more ›The Torah relates in Parashat Vayigash that after Yosef revealed his identity to his brothers, he gave them each a gift – a new garment – and gave Binyamin five new garments and three hundred gold coi…
Read more ›In Parashat Miketz, we read that Yaakov sends his remaining sons to Egypt to purchase grain from the Egyptian vizier, who, unbeknownst to them, is none other than their missing brother, Yosef. Yosef a…
Read more ›We discussed Yosef's harsh treatment of his brothers when they come before him, as he serves as Egyptian viceroy and supervises the distribution of the country's grain. Yosef accuses them of coming to…
Read more ›Parashat Miketz tells of the devastating famine that ravaged Egypt and its surrounding countries, including Canaan. Egypt had prepared for the crisis during the previous seven years of surplus, and wa…
Read more ›We read in Parashat Miketz that when Yosef’s brothers plan to return home from Egypt, Yosef orders his servant to place his silver goblet in Binyamin’s bag, to frame him as a thief. Shortly after the …
Read more ›We read in Parashat Miketz of Yosef’s harsh treatment of his brothers when they came to Egypt to purchase grain. Yosef, who was now the Egyptian vizier and unrecognizable to his brothers, baselessly a…
Read more ›The Torah in Parashat Miketz describes the tension that built in Yaakov’s home when his sons returned from Egypt without Shimon and informed him of the vizier’s demand that they bring the youngest son…
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