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<h1>נושאים לשולחן שבת – פרשת וישב</h1> | <h1>נושאים לשולחן שבת – פרשת וישב</h1> | ||
| − | <category> | + | <category>כוונה פלילית לא מוצלחת? |
| − | <p> | + | <p>השוו גישות <multilink><a href="RashiBereshit37-28" data-aht="source">רש״י</a><a href="RashiBereshit37-28" data-aht="source">בראשית ל״ז:כ״ח</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">אודות ר' שלמה יצחקי</a></multilink>, <a href="RashbamBereshit37-28" data-aht="source">רשב״ם</a>, ו<multilink><a href="#" data-aht="source">ר׳ יוסף בכור שור</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">אודות ר' יוסף בכור שור</a></multilink> לגבי עד כמה היו אשמים האחים במכירתו של יוסף (ראו <a href="Who Sold Yosef" data-aht="page">מי מכר את יוסף?</a>).<fn>לעריכת "משפט מדומה", ראו גם <a href="Projects – Bereshit 37" data-aht="page">פרוייקטים – בראשית ל"ז</a>.</fn> While Rashi claims that all of Yosef's siblings (excepting Reuven and Binyamin) participated in the sale, Rashbam maintains that although the brothers planned to sell Yosef, the Midianites beat them to it. ר"י בכור שור takes a middle position, suggesting that only half of the brothers were involved.</p> |
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| − | <li>What difficulties in the text do each of | + | <li>What difficulties in the text do each of רשב"ם ור"י בכור שור solve through their reading of the story?  Do you think that they are motivated by textual factors or by a desire to exonerate the brothers? </li> |
<li>Is someone who planned on committing a crime, but did not succeed in doing so because of circumstances beyond their control, any better than a person who succeeded in implementing their plan?</li> | <li>Is someone who planned on committing a crime, but did not succeed in doing so because of circumstances beyond their control, any better than a person who succeeded in implementing their plan?</li> | ||
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| − | <category> | + | <category>האבות ונישואי תערובת |
| − | <p>According to the simple reading of the verses,<fn> | + | <p>According to the simple reading of the verses,<fn>ראו <a href="Bereshit38-1-2" data-aht="source">בראשית ל״ח:א׳-ב׳</a>, <a href="Bereshit46-10" data-aht="source">בראשית מ״ו:י׳</a>, ו<a href="DivreiHaYamimI2-3" data-aht="source">דברי הימים א׳ ב׳:ג׳</a>.</fn> it would appear that both Yehuda and Shimon married Canaanite women. See <a href="Did Yaakov's Sons Marry Canaanites" data-aht="page">האם נשאו בני יעקב נשים כנעניות?</a></p> |
| − | <li>Considering that Avraham had gone to great lengths to ensure that Yitzchak did not marry a Canaanite,<fn> | + | <ul> |
| + | <li>Considering that Avraham had gone to great lengths to ensure that Yitzchak did not marry a Canaanite,<fn>לדיון במניעים של אברהם, ראו <a href="Wanted: A Wife for Yitzchak" data-aht="page">דרושה: אשה ליצחק</a>.</fn> how do you understand why Yaakov does not seem to share similar concerns when his children reach marriageable age? Is there a difference between Yaakov's sons' generation and the earlier ones, which made the prospect of marrying a Canaanite less problematic?</li> | ||
<li>The text never explicitly condemns the brothers for their marriages. Does that constitute evidence that their actions were irreproachable?  If so, should we conclude that intermarriage with Canaanites was not problematic, or that despite the simple reading of the verses, no such marriages actually took place?</li> | <li>The text never explicitly condemns the brothers for their marriages. Does that constitute evidence that their actions were irreproachable?  If so, should we conclude that intermarriage with Canaanites was not problematic, or that despite the simple reading of the verses, no such marriages actually took place?</li> | ||
| − | <li>What might the different possibilities suggest as far as the question of whether the forefathers observed future commandments before they were given at Sinai?  | + | <li>What might the different possibilities suggest as far as the question of whether the forefathers observed future commandments before they were given at Sinai?  ראו <a href="Avot and Mitzvot – Was Avraham the First Jew" data-aht="page">אבות ומצוות</a>.</li> |
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| − | <category> | + | <category>יוסף בתורה ובמוסיקה |
| − | <p>Looking at later reworkings of the Biblical story, whether in art, theater, or literature, is often a great way to highlight questions and contrast alternative interpretations of the original text.  Compare how Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber depict the relationship between Yosef and his family in their musical, "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat" with what emerges from the Biblical text.  | + | <p>Looking at later reworkings of the Biblical story, whether in art, theater, or literature, is often a great way to highlight questions and contrast alternative interpretations of the original text.  Compare how Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber depict the relationship between Yosef and his family in their musical, "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat" with what emerges from the Biblical text.  ראו <a href="Joseph in Music" data-aht="page">יוסף במוסיקה</a> למספר דוגמאות:</p> |
| − | <li>What is the relationship between the Torah's given reason for Yaakov loving Yosef "כִּי בֶן זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ", and the more obvious factor that "Rachel was his favorite wife" suggested in the musical?  | + | <ul> |
| − | <li>The musical asserts Yaakov gave Yosef the special cloak "to show the world he loved his son, To make it clear that Joseph was the special one".  Did the brothers interpret the gift as a sign that they were the rejected sons, and only Yosef would continue the line?  How might the assumption that the siblings did not know that they were all to be chosen affect how you read the story as a whole?  | + | <li>What is the relationship between the Torah's given reason for Yaakov loving Yosef "כִּי בֶן זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ", and the more obvious factor that "Rachel was his favorite wife" suggested in the musical?  האם יוסף באמת היה בן זקונים?  בכמה שנים היה יוסף יותר צעיר מאחיו?  ראו <a href="The Births and Relative Ages of Yaakov's Children" data-aht="page">הכרונולוגיה של הולדת בני יעקב</a>.</li> |
| + | <li>The musical asserts Yaakov gave Yosef the special cloak "to show the world he loved his son, To make it clear that Joseph was the special one".  Did the brothers interpret the gift as a sign that they were the rejected sons, and only Yosef would continue the line?  How might the assumption that the siblings did not know that they were all to be chosen affect how you read the story as a whole?  ראו <a href="Yosef's Treatment of his Family" data-aht="page">התנהגות יוסף כלפי משפחתו</a>.</li> | ||
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| − | <category> | + | <category>רמיזה ספרותית או צירוף מקרים? |
| − | <p>The Yosef narrative contains many parallels to other stories in Tanakh.  Yaakov's life journey follows a pattern that is similar to that of both Avraham Avinu and David HaMelekh, while Yosef's story has much in common with the books of both Esther and Daniel. In all of these cases, linguistic parallels accompany the overlap in content.</p><ul> | + | <p>The Yosef narrative contains many parallels to other stories in Tanakh.  Yaakov's life journey follows a pattern that is similar to that of both Avraham Avinu and David HaMelekh, while Yosef's story has much in common with the books of both Esther and Daniel. In all of these cases, linguistic parallels accompany the overlap in content.</p> |
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<li>How do you determine if a later story in Tanakh is deliberately alluding to an earlier one, or if the similarities are simply coincidental?  Make a list of criteria which would help you evaluate such parallels.</li> | <li>How do you determine if a later story in Tanakh is deliberately alluding to an earlier one, or if the similarities are simply coincidental?  Make a list of criteria which would help you evaluate such parallels.</li> | ||
<li>In each of the above cases, do you think the parallels are significant?  Why or why not?  What messages might the reader learn from the comparisons?</li> | <li>In each of the above cases, do you think the parallels are significant?  Why or why not?  What messages might the reader learn from the comparisons?</li> | ||
| − | <li> | + | <li>ראו <a href="Avraham and Yaakov" data-aht="page">אברהם ויעקב</a>, <a href="Yaakov and David" data-aht="page">יעקב ודוד</a>, <a href="Yosef and Daniel" data-aht="page">יוסף ודניאל</a> ו<a href="Yosef and Megillat Esther" data-aht="page">יוסף ומגילת אסתר</a> להרחבה.</li> |
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<p>לעוד נושאים בפרשה, ראו: <a href="Parashat Vayeshev/TopicList" data-aht="page">רשימת נושאים – פרשת וישב</a>.</p> | <p>לעוד נושאים בפרשה, ראו: <a href="Parashat Vayeshev/TopicList" data-aht="page">רשימת נושאים – פרשת וישב</a>.</p> | ||
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Version as of 06:38, 24 July 2019
נושאים לשולחן שבת – פרשת וישב
כוונה פלילית לא מוצלחת?
השוו גישות רש״י, רשב״ם, ור׳ יוסף בכור שור לגבי עד כמה היו אשמים האחים במכירתו של יוסף (ראו מי מכר את יוסף?).1 While Rashi claims that all of Yosef's siblings (excepting Reuven and Binyamin) participated in the sale, Rashbam maintains that although the brothers planned to sell Yosef, the Midianites beat them to it. ר"י בכור שור takes a middle position, suggesting that only half of the brothers were involved.
- What difficulties in the text do each of רשב"ם ור"י בכור שור solve through their reading of the story? Do you think that they are motivated by textual factors or by a desire to exonerate the brothers?
- Is someone who planned on committing a crime, but did not succeed in doing so because of circumstances beyond their control, any better than a person who succeeded in implementing their plan?
האבות ונישואי תערובת
According to the simple reading of the verses,2 it would appear that both Yehuda and Shimon married Canaanite women. See האם נשאו בני יעקב נשים כנעניות?
- Considering that Avraham had gone to great lengths to ensure that Yitzchak did not marry a Canaanite,3 how do you understand why Yaakov does not seem to share similar concerns when his children reach marriageable age? Is there a difference between Yaakov's sons' generation and the earlier ones, which made the prospect of marrying a Canaanite less problematic?
- The text never explicitly condemns the brothers for their marriages. Does that constitute evidence that their actions were irreproachable? If so, should we conclude that intermarriage with Canaanites was not problematic, or that despite the simple reading of the verses, no such marriages actually took place?
- What might the different possibilities suggest as far as the question of whether the forefathers observed future commandments before they were given at Sinai? ראו אבות ומצוות.
יוסף בתורה ובמוסיקה
Looking at later reworkings of the Biblical story, whether in art, theater, or literature, is often a great way to highlight questions and contrast alternative interpretations of the original text. Compare how Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber depict the relationship between Yosef and his family in their musical, "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat" with what emerges from the Biblical text. ראו יוסף במוסיקה למספר דוגמאות:
- What is the relationship between the Torah's given reason for Yaakov loving Yosef "כִּי בֶן זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ", and the more obvious factor that "Rachel was his favorite wife" suggested in the musical? האם יוסף באמת היה בן זקונים? בכמה שנים היה יוסף יותר צעיר מאחיו? ראו הכרונולוגיה של הולדת בני יעקב.
- The musical asserts Yaakov gave Yosef the special cloak "to show the world he loved his son, To make it clear that Joseph was the special one". Did the brothers interpret the gift as a sign that they were the rejected sons, and only Yosef would continue the line? How might the assumption that the siblings did not know that they were all to be chosen affect how you read the story as a whole? ראו התנהגות יוסף כלפי משפחתו.
רמיזה ספרותית או צירוף מקרים?
The Yosef narrative contains many parallels to other stories in Tanakh. Yaakov's life journey follows a pattern that is similar to that of both Avraham Avinu and David HaMelekh, while Yosef's story has much in common with the books of both Esther and Daniel. In all of these cases, linguistic parallels accompany the overlap in content.
- How do you determine if a later story in Tanakh is deliberately alluding to an earlier one, or if the similarities are simply coincidental? Make a list of criteria which would help you evaluate such parallels.
- In each of the above cases, do you think the parallels are significant? Why or why not? What messages might the reader learn from the comparisons?
- ראו אברהם ויעקב, יעקב ודוד, יוסף ודניאל ויוסף ומגילת אסתר להרחבה.
עוד...
לעוד נושאים בפרשה, ראו: רשימת נושאים – פרשת וישב.
