Questions tagged [yosef]
Joseph (ΧΧΧ‘Χ£), the son of Jacob (ΧΧ’Χ§Χ), from the book of Genesis.
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Joseph's innocence and Potiphar's family- Any Rabbinic Source?
Are there any Rabbinic sources that claim a member of Potipharβs household witnessed Josephβs innocence in the incident with Potipharβs wife?
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Were Jacob and Joseph buried mummified?
As Jacob and Joseph were both mummified were they also buried as such or was it undone for the burial (with the embalmment for the journey from Egypt to Canaan)?
(Leaving aside the issue of Joseph's ...
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Why is Χ©ΧΧ©ΧΧ in Genesis 50 translated as third generation?
Genesis 50.23. ΧΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦ·ΦΌΧ¨Φ°Χ ΧΧΦΉΧ‘Φ΅Χ£ ΧΦ°ΧΦΆΧ€Φ°Χ¨Φ·ΧΦ΄Χ, ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ Φ΅Χ Χ©Φ΄ΧΧΦ΅ΦΌΧ©Φ΄ΧΧΧ;
ΧΦ·ΦΌΧ, ΧΦ°ΦΌΧ Φ΅Χ ΧΦΈΧΦ΄ΧΧ¨ ΧΦΆΦΌΧ-ΧΦ°Χ Φ·Χ©ΦΆΦΌΧΧ--ΧΦ»ΧΦ°ΦΌΧΧΦΌ, Χ’Φ·Χ-ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧ¨Φ°ΧΦ΅ΦΌΧ ΧΧΦΉΧ‘Φ΅Χ£.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; ...
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Which names were written on the breast-plate and shoulder piece of the high priest?
In Exodus 28:9-10 it is written:
ΧΦ°ΧΦΈΦ£Χ§Φ·ΧΦ°ΧͺΦΌΦΈΦ ΧΦΆΧͺΦΎΧ©ΧΦ°ΧͺΦΌΦ΅ΦΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦ°Χ Φ΅ΧΦΎΧ©ΧΦΉΦΧΦ·Χ ΧΦΌΧ€Φ΄ΧͺΦΌΦ·ΧΦ°ΧͺΦΌΦΈΦ£ Χ’Φ²ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΆΦΧ Χ©ΧΦ°ΧΦΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ Φ΅Φ₯Χ ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦ°Χ¨ΦΈΧΦ΅Φ½ΧΧ
Χ©ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦΌΦΈΧΦ ΧΦ΄Χ©ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΦΉΧͺΦΈΦΧ Χ’Φ·ΦΧ ΧΦΈΧΦΆΦ£ΧΦΆΧ ΧΦΈΧΦΆΧΦΈΦΧͺ ΧΦ°ΧΦΆΧͺΦΎΧ©ΧΦ°ΧΦΧΦΉΧͺ ...
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Original Source for Tradition that the Sea did not split until it saw Joseph's Bones?
What is the earliest source for Tradition that the Sea did not split until it saw Joseph (ΧΧ¦ΧΧ§ΧΧΧΧ΄Χ)'s Bones?
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After Joseph was accused of seducing Potiphar's wife, why was he sentenced to jail (for over 2 years) rather than executed?
After enraging Potiphar, Joseph was sent to jail. The Torah doesn't specify how long the term was for, but seeing as he was released 2 years after interpreting the baker's dream, it is safe to assume ...
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"Χ¦Φ·ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΧ¨Φ΅Χ" vs "Χ¦Φ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧΧ¨ΦΈΧΧ"
In Vayegash, 45:14, it is said that Yoseph fell on Benyamin's neck ("ΧΦ·ΧΦΌΦ΄Χ€ΦΌΦΉΧ Χ’Φ·Χ Χ¦Φ·ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΧ¨Φ΅Χ ΧΦ΄Χ Φ°ΧΦΈΧΦ΄Χ"). Why is it "Χ¦Φ·ΧΦΌΦ°ΧΧ¨Φ΅Χ", the smichut plural, not "Χ¦Φ·ΧΦΌΦΈΧΧ¨ΦΈΧΧ", ...
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What did the brothers tell Yosef?
In Parshat Vayigash 45:15 after Yosef reveals himself it says the brothers spoke to him once they realized it was actually him, but neither the pesukim nor Rashi clue us as to what they said to him. ...
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Shabbos as a kaparah for Mechiras Yosef
Zera Shimshon on Miketz in Derush 1 brings down Zohar Chadash 49b, also Zohar on Parasha Ki Sisa 73b that Shmiras Shabbos was given as a kapara for mechiras Yosef. Could one please explain if one has ...
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Rewriting Egyptian Government Protocol?
Rashi (41:12) writes regarding Yosef HaTzaddik:
Χ’ΦΆΧΦΆΧ. ΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧͺΧΦΌΧ ΧΦΌΦ°Χ Φ΄ΧΦΌΧΦΌΧ‘Φ΅Χ ΧΦ΄Χ¦Φ°Χ¨Φ·ΧΦ΄Χ Χ©ΧΦΆΧΦ΅ΧΧ Χ’ΦΆΧΦΆΧ ΧΧΦΉΧΦ΅ΧΦ° ΧΦ°ΧΦΉΧ
ΧΧΦΉΧΦ΅Χ©Χ ΧΦΌΦ΄ΧΦ°ΧΦ΅Χ Χ©ΧΦΈΧ¨Φ΄ΧΧ - It is written in Egyptian protocol that a
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Is it true that according to Kabbalah, everything that Yaakov Avinu did, Yosef also has to do, especially in the context of making 12 tribes?
I heard this on a YouTube class from Rabbi Daniel Glatstein that he said that everything that Yaakov Avinu did, Yosef also has to do, especially in the context of making 12 tribes. I've wanted to ...
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Did Jacob prostrate himself before Joseph?
The Gemara in Berachot 55 learns from Joseph's dream that there is no dream without meaningless components; as he had dreamed of the sun, the moon and eleven stars bowing before him, yet Rachel (...
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Yehoshua bin Nun and Yosef
In Sefer Yehoshua chapter 24 it says that Yehoshua lived to be 110 years old, Yosef also lived to be 110 years old. Also Yosef's burial follows Yehoshua's burial. Is there any significance to this?
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Egyptian priests as closet monotheists, and Josephβs Pharaoh as a Canaanite?
An exceptionally rare 1936 book by Rev Dr Izak Goller, called First Chapter, includes the following:
A powerful shepherd king of Canaan had invaded and conquered Egypt,
and one of his descendants ...
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What is the context, in Sefer Yossipon, of this? βBecause in their fury they killed an Oxβ (Gen. 49)
The author is making a list of places where the LXX translators changed the wording and meaning.
The sixth, βBecause in their fury they killed an Oxβ (Gen. 49). That phrase was replaced for, βin their ...
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