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| − | <category>Individual Blessing for the Present | + | <category name="Individual Blessing"> |
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href=" | + | Individual Blessing for the Present |
| + | <p>Yaakov's blessing was aimed at the individual Yosef and related to events that transpired in his lifetime.  The sources split regarding which incidents are alluded to and form the focus of the blessing:</p> | ||
| + | <opinion>Conflict with the Brothers | ||
| + | <p>Yaakov told Yosef that despite his brothers' enmity, he had prevailed and managed to rise above them.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="IbnEzraBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra<multilink data-aht=""></multilink></a><a href="IbnEzraBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:22-26</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
| + | <point><b>בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי עָיִן</b> – Ibn Ezra understands "בֵּן פֹּרָת" to mean a "fruitful branch", with "פֹּרָת" being a poetic form of the word "פורה".  The doubling is simply Tanakh's way to express continuity.</point> | ||
| + | <point><b>בָּנוֹת צָעֲדָה עֲלֵי שׁוּר</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"...וַיְמָרְרֻהוּ וָרֹבּו"</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֹ וַיָּפֹזּוּ זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>מִידֵי אֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב מִשָּׁם רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל</b></point> | ||
| + | </opinion> | ||
| + | <opinion>Mrs. Potiphar's Attempted Seduction | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RashbamBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamBereshit49-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:1</a><a href="RashbamBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:22-26</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
| + | </opinion> | ||
| + | <opinion>Multiple Events | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="TargumPseudo-JonathanBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a><a href="TargumPseudo-JonathanBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:22-26</a><a href="Targum Pseudo-Jonathan" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiBereshit49-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:1</a><a href="RashiBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:22-26</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>,</mekorot> | ||
| + | </opinion> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
| − | <category>Tribal Blessing for the Future | + | <category name="Tribal Blessing"> |
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="TargumOnkelosBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Targum Onkelos</a><a href="TargumOnkelosBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:22-26</a><a href="Targum Onkelos" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Onkelos</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot49-22-26" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot49-22-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit Beur HaMilot 49:22-26</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink></mekorot> | + | Tribal Blessing for the Future |
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="TargumOnkelosBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Targum Onkelos</a><a href="TargumOnkelosBereshit49-22-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:22-26</a><a href="Targum Onkelos" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Onkelos</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot49-22-26" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot49-22-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit Beur HaMilot 49:22-26</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="HoilMosheBereshit49-28" data-aht="source">Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheBereshit49-28" data-aht="source">Bereshit 49:28</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Combination | <category>Combination | ||
Version as of 10:50, 23 December 2015
Yaakov's Blessing of Yosef
Exegetical Approaches
Individual Blessing for the Present
Yaakov's blessing was aimed at the individual Yosef and related to events that transpired in his lifetime. The sources split regarding which incidents are alluded to and form the focus of the blessing:
Conflict with the Brothers
Yaakov told Yosef that despite his brothers' enmity, he had prevailed and managed to rise above them.
Sources:Ibn Ezra
בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי עָיִן – Ibn Ezra understands "בֵּן פֹּרָת" to mean a "fruitful branch", with "פֹּרָת" being a poetic form of the word "פורה". The doubling is simply Tanakh's way to express continuity.
בָּנוֹת צָעֲדָה עֲלֵי שׁוּר
"...וַיְמָרְרֻהוּ וָרֹבּו"
וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֹ וַיָּפֹזּוּ זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו
מִידֵי אֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב מִשָּׁם רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל
Mrs. Potiphar's Attempted Seduction
Sources:Rashbam
