Yehuda and Yosef

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  1. Yosef and Yehuda

    Rabbi Yaakov Medan

    This lesson explores the similarities and differences between Yosef and Yehuda, the two outstanding sons of Yaakov, each destined to bear Mashiah.

  2. Yehuda's Plea and Its Audiences (Audio)

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 23 minutes

    Yehuda’s plea to the second-in-command of Egypt is reminiscent of Abraham’s prayer for justice. The tripartite structure of Yehuda’s plea includes appeals to mercy and to justice. But there is a third part which does not seem to belong - a spontaneous outburst about his father. What does this surprising addition reveal?

  3. The Rebellion of Yerovam - New Kingdom, New Religion

    Part 2

    Rabbi Alex Israel

    Shekhem is a city that has hosted mass events in the past and a city with historic significance in general. The challenge that Rehavam meets from the Northern tribes reawakens old tribal conflicts that expressed themselves in David and Shaul's reigns. Rehavam takes the advice of the younger less mature advisors who grew up with him in the luxury of Shlomo's palace.   Yerovam begins to fail as a leader when he sets up an alternative religion to the worship of God in the Mikdash in Jerusalem by setting up shrines in Beit El and Dan - two cities with a long history of religious significance. There he places golden calves reminiscent of Aharon's golden calf in the desert. Additionally, as per his democratic nature that fueled his rebellion against Shlomo, he appoints Kohanim from all of the people and establishes a new date for Sukkot. 

  4. Vayera and Vayigash: Avraham's Approach to Sodom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  5. Yehuda's Plea and its Audiences

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

    Yehuda’s plea to the second-in-command of Egypt is reminiscent of Abraham’s prayer for justice. The tripartite structure of Yehuda’s plea includes appeals to mercy and to justice. But there is a third part which does not seem to belong - a spontaneous outburst about his father. What does this surprising addition reveal?

  6. Yehuda, Yaakov, and Sons

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  7. Yehuda's Father

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  8. Yehuda's Hostility to the Egyptian Official

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  9. Yehuda and Yosef - the Lion and the Ox

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  10. Harmony Between Yehuda and Yosef - Yehuda is Sent to Goshen

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  11. Erev Shabbat Parshat Vayigash - Leadership

    Rabbi Moshe Aberman | 21 minutes

    What makes a great (proper) leader? We focus on two brothers  - Yosef and Yehuda. They both aspire to leadership, both initially failing in their attempts and both later succeeding because they manage to find the balance between ideas of leadership criteria and personal traits.

    We begin back in Parashat Vayeshev, where they are at odds: Yosef understands that their life as they know it is coming to an end and that they have to prepare to meet a different reality; Yehuda believes in leaving things as they are until it is absolutely necessary to change.

    They both undergo periods of hardship and challenge to eventually realize that leadership is about focusing on others more than the leader himself.

  12. Vayigash -Parsha and Haftara - Yehuda, Yosef, and the Challenges of Unity

    Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell | 14 minutes

    Yosef and the brothers meet, and Yehuda pleads on behalf of Biyamin. Rashi give a harsh reading of Yehuda’s words, saying that he is expressing his readiness to wage war on Yosef. The pshat -reading seems to suggest otherwise, but the idea of Yehuda facing off with Yosef plays out in later centuries- in the tensions between Kingdom of Yehuda and the House of Yosef. God warns that there will be a split, and during the time of Shlomo's son Rehavam, a descent of Yosef, Yerovam, arises as King of Israel. 

    Is unity always ideal? Why is there a Divinely mandated kingdom split? We relate these questions to the Haftara for Vayigash, about the tree branches symbolizing the reunification of Yehuda and Yosef.

     

  13. Yehuda - The Making of a Biblical Hero

    Rabbi Alex Israel

    תאריך פרסום: 5777 | | Hour and 10 minutes

    We will be discussing the Yehuda and Tamar episode, the essential story to understand Yehuda as a leader, and to understand the forefathers and Bereisheet as a whole. We explore some perplexing questions about this story, and seek to understand the strange behavior of all involved. How does this story fit in with the sale of Yosef, and which event came first? The juxtaposition of these stories provides perspective on the ultimate leadership roles of Yosef and Yehuda, and teaches important lessons about taking responsibility.

  14. The Epic Confrontation Between Judah and Joseph

    Rabbi David Fohrman |

    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 the same language used centuries later? In this video, Rabbi Fohrman explores a fascinating Biblical echo and helps us answer, what is heroism?

     

     

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  15. Choice and Change

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

    The sequence from Bereishit 37 to 50 is the longest unbroken narrative in the Torah, and there can be no doubt who its hero is: Joseph. The story begins and ends with him. We see him as a child, beloved – even spoiled – by his father; as an adolescent dreamer, resented by his brothers; as a slave, then a prisoner, in Egypt; then as the second most powerful figure in the greatest empire of the ancient world. At every stage, the narrative revolves around him and his impact on others. He dominates the last third of Bereishit, casting his shadow on everything else. From almost the beginning, he seems destined for greatness.

    Yet history did not turn out that way. To the contrary, it is another brother who, in the fullness of time, leaves his mark on the Jewish people. It was not Joseph but Judah who conferred his identity on the people, Judah who became the ancestor of Israel’s greatest king, David, Judah from whom the messiah will be born. Why Judah, not Joseph? The answer undoubtedly lies in the beginning of Vayigash, as the two brothers confront one another, and Judah pleads for Benjamin’s release.

     

    This article is part of the Covenant & Conversation series.

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  16. Choice and Change

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 9 minutes

    The sequence from Bereishit 37 to 50 is the longest unbroken narrative in the Torah, and there can be no doubt who its hero is: Joseph. The story begins and ends with him. We see him as a child, beloved – even spoiled – by his father; as an adolescent dreamer, resented by his brothers; as a slave, then a prisoner, in Egypt; then as the second most powerful figure in the greatest empire of the ancient world. At every stage, the narrative revolves around him and his impact on others. He dominates the last third of Bereishit, casting his shadow on everything else. From almost the beginning, he seems destined for greatness.

    Yet history did not turn out that way. To the contrary, it is another brother who, in the fullness of time, leaves his mark on the Jewish people. It was not Joseph but Judah who conferred his identity on the people, Judah who became the ancestor of Israel’s greatest king, David, Judah from whom the messiah will be born. Why Judah, not Joseph? The answer undoubtedly lies in the beginning of Vayigash, as the two brothers confront one another, and Judah pleads for Benjamin’s release.

     

    This lecture is part of the Covenant & Conversation series.

    To read more from Rabbi Sacks or to subscribe to his mailing list, please visit http://www.rabbisacks.org/. You can also follow him on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

  17. Vayigash: Preparations

    Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky

  18. Parshat Vayeshev - The Birth of Paretz

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 35 minutes

    People often refer to the "story of Yehuda and Tamar." But perhaps the story should be understood a bit differently: "the story of the trials and travails of Yehuda."

    How does this story connect to the larger picture of Chumash at this time? We look at the end of Chapter 38 – the internal difficulty ends with the story of  the birth of twins to Tamar. The content and language echoes another story where younger replaces the older: its literary parallel is the story of Yaakov and Esav. But when we look closer, we find another parallel - between Yehuda and Yosef, both of whom have exile stories with challenges of a similar nature, and both of whose descendants become kings of Israel. 

  19. “What do we gain by killing our brother?” – The Cost of Compromise

    Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky