Yehuda - The Selling of Yosef

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1. Yehuda and Tamar

   Rabbi Amnon Bazak

   Yehuda prevents his brothers from killing Yosef; but suggests that they sell him instead. How does the Torah evaluate his actions? What is the relationship between the selling of Yosef and the story of Er; Onan; Shela and Tamar? What lesson is learned from this episode about taking responsibility and white lies?

2. Yosef's Teshuva

   Rabbi Amnon Bazak

   The second half of the book of Genesis describes the Teshuva process of Yaakov’s sons. The first to repent is Reuven; who had tried to prevent the selling of Yosef; and by this atone for his act with Bilhah. Next; Yehuda atones for his actions in the Tamar incident; and goes so far as to offer himself in exchange for Benjamin. Finally; all of the brothers atone for the sin of selling Yosef by proclaiming “we are guilty.” Yosef also undergoes a process of Teshuva; by purchasing land from the Egyptians; and by concealing his brothers’ sin from his father.

3. Duplication and Contradiction

   Part 8 - Bias in the Writing of Tanakh?

   Rabbi Amnon Bazak

   Despite making identical use of the same literary tools, the most fundamental difference between the documentary hypothesis and the aspects approach concerns the question of whether the Torah is of Divine origin or a human creation.

   Only by reading the Biblical text on its own terms can its messages be appreciated, and that searching for agendas behind the text ends up obscuring far more than it illuminates.

   The tendency of biblical critics to view biblical narratives as agenda driven leads them to ignore the possibility that this profound and complex story was written in order to teach the important lessons that it contains, preferring the assumption that it was created by people who sought to further their own views by disseminating it. Subservience to the assumption of bias in Tanakh is not only mistaken in its own right, but also problematic insofar as it leads one to ignore the messages arising from the narrative, such that Bible study loses all independent value.

4. Yehuda's Descent - The Danger of Indifference

   Rabbi David Silverberg

5. Yehuda's Responsibility for Binyamin - and Yehuda's Sin

   Rabbi David Silverberg

6. Yehuda's Hostility to the Egyptian Official

   Rabbi David Silverberg

7. The Chizkuni — R. Chizkiya ben Manoach

   Dr. Avigail Rock

   The Chizkuni wrote a comprehensive commentary on the Torah, and his style is very clear and accessible.

   It appears that the Chizkuni had three aims in composing his commentary on the Torah:

   ·       To collect all the explanations in keeping with the peshat from the works of the commentators who preceded him.

   ·       To explain Rashi’s’ commentary by adding or changing to Rashi's words, by resolving difficulties in Rashi, and by pointing out inconsistencies in Rashi’s commentary.

   ·       To write an independent commentary on the Torah. Despite the fact that the Chizkuni utilizes many commentaries for the purposes of writing his work, there are more than a few original commentaries to be found in its lines, characterized mainly by his attempt to understand reality and the psychological motivations of the characters in each narrative.

8. 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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9. Masei: Why Is The End of Bamidbar So Anticlimactic? II

   Rabbi David Fohrman |

   In this video, we still ask, why does the Torah end the narrative sections with the story of Yair ben Menashe conquering some towns? In finding the answer, Rabbi Fohrman teaches us about true reconciliation: brothers taking care of brothers.

    

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10. Miketz: Was Reuven a "foolish oldest son"?

    Rabbi Gad Eldad

    Why does Reuven offer for Yaakov to sacrifice his two sons if something happens to Binyamin - especialy when Reuven has four sons, not two? How is his statement connected to the Yehuda and Tamar story? Is Reuven trying to implicate Yehuda for his role in the selling of Yosef?

    And what lessons is the Torah teaching us about the role of the firstborn?

11. Yosef & His Brothers: How a Family Can Be Transformed

    Rabbi Alex Israel | 52 minutes

    Why didn’t Yosef contact his father for all the years he was in Egypt? Why did he make his brothers suffer such hardships? What was the motivation behind this plan? This class explores these important questions, allowing us to understand that these actions were crucial to allow Yosef to return to his brothers, and for the siblings to work on repairing the family unit.  

    Courtesy of www.tanachstudy.com

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

    Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky