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| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="SeikhelTovBereshit45-1" data-aht="source">Seikhel Tov</a><a href="SeikhelTovBereshit37-36" data-aht="source">Bereshit 37:36</a><a href="SeikhelTovBereshit41-51" data-aht="source">Bereshit 41:51</a><a href="SeikhelTovBereshit45-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 45:1</a><a href="R. Menachem b. Shelomo (Seikhel Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Menachem b. Shelomo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit44" data-aht="source">R. Avraham Saba</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit41-51" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit 41:51</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit42" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit 42</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit44" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit 44</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelBereshit42-7" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit41" data-aht="source">Bereshit 41</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit41-42questions46" data-aht="source">Bereshit 41-42, questions 4,6</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit42-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:7</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit42-25" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:25</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit43-33" data-aht="source">Bereshit 43:33</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="MaaseiHashem38" data-aht="source">R. Eliezer Ashkenazi</a><a href="MaaseiHashem38" data-aht="source">Ma'asei Hashem Ma'asei Avot 38</a><a href="R. Eliezer Ashkenazi (Ma'asei Hashem)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Eliezer Ashkenazi (Ma'asei Hashem)</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="KeliYekarBereshit42-7" data-aht="source">Keli Yekar</a><a href="KeliYekarBereshit42-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:7</a><a href="KeliYekarBereshit42-14" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:14</a><a href="KeliYekarBereshit42-16" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:16</a><a href="R. Shelomo Ephraim Luntschitz (Keli Yekar)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Ephraim Lunshitz</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="OrHaChayyimBereshit44-1" data-aht="source">Or HaChayyim</a><a href="OrHaChayyimBereshit42-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:9</a><a href="OrHaChayyimBereshit44-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 44:1-2</a><a href="R. Chayyim b. Atar (Or HaChayyim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chayyim b. Atar</a></multilink></mekorot> | + | <p>Yosef inflicted suffering on his brothers in order to help them attain penance for their crimes.</p> |
| − | <point><b>Why did Yosef not contact Yaakov immediately?</b></point> | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="SeikhelTovBereshit45-1" data-aht="source">Seikhel Tov</a><a href="SeikhelTovBereshit37-36" data-aht="source">Bereshit 37:36</a><a href="SeikhelTovBereshit41-51" data-aht="source">Bereshit 41:51</a><a href="SeikhelTovBereshit45-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 45:1</a><a href="R. Menachem b. Shelomo (Seikhel Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Menachem b. Shelomo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit44" data-aht="source">R. Avraham Saba</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit41-51" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit 41:51</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit42" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit 42</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit44" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit 44</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelBereshit42-7" data-aht="source">Abarbanel #1</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit41" data-aht="source">Bereshit 41</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit41-42questions46" data-aht="source">Bereshit 41-42, questions 4,6</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit42-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:7</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit42-25" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:25</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit43-33" data-aht="source">Bereshit 43:33</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="MaaseiHashem38" data-aht="source">R. Eliezer Ashkenazi</a><a href="MaaseiHashem38" data-aht="source">Ma'asei Hashem Ma'asei Avot 38</a><a href="R. Eliezer Ashkenazi (Ma'asei Hashem)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Eliezer Ashkenazi (Ma'asei Hashem)</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="KeliYekarBereshit42-7" data-aht="source">Keli Yekar</a><a href="KeliYekarBereshit42-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:7</a><a href="KeliYekarBereshit42-14" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:14</a><a href="KeliYekarBereshit42-16" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:16</a><a href="R. Shelomo Ephraim Luntschitz (Keli Yekar)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Ephraim Lunshitz</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="OrHaChayyimBereshit44-1" data-aht="source">Or HaChayyim</a><a href="OrHaChayyimBereshit42-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:9</a><a href="OrHaChayyimBereshit44-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 44:1-2</a><a href="R. Chayyim b. Atar (Or HaChayyim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chayyim b. Atar</a></multilink></mekorot> |
| − | <point><b>"כִּי נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת כָּל עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל בֵּית אָבִי"</b></point> | + | <point><b>Why did Yosef not contact Yaakov immediately?</b> According to the Keli Yekar, Yosef felt that if Hashem had not revealed his whereabouts to Yaakov, it must be because He wanted Yaakov to suffer. Yaakov deserved punishment for having himself been away from his father for twenty-two years, and thus needed to be punished measure for measure by not seeing Yosef for the same length of time.</point> |
| + | <point><b>"כִּי נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת כָּל עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל בֵּית אָבִי"</b> – According to this approach these words of Yosef do not reflect a disattachment to his family.  Rather, as Seikhel Tov, and the Tzeror HaMor explain, Yosef is merely stating that, with his rise to power, he has forgotten the hardships his family had caused him to endure.</point> | ||
<point><b>Accusation of espionage</b></point> | <point><b>Accusation of espionage</b></point> | ||
<point><b>Initial returning of their payment</b></point> | <point><b>Initial returning of their payment</b></point> | ||
Version as of 12:44, 8 December 2015
Yosef's Treatment of his Family
Exegetical Approaches
Yosef Concerned over his Brothers
Testing his Brothers
Sources:Jubilees, Philo, Josephus, R. Shemuel b. Chofni Gaon, R. Yonah #2, Sefer HaYashar, Akeidat Yitzchak, Abarbanel #2, Seforno, Biur
Why did Yosef not contact Yaakov immediately?
"כִּי נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת כָּל עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל בֵּית אָבִי"
Accusation of espionage
Initial returning of their payment
Favoring Binyamin
Second returning of payment
Framing an innocent person?
"הָאֱלֹהִים מָצָא אֶת עֲוֹן עֲבָדֶיךָ"
Assisting his Brother's Repentance
Yosef inflicted suffering on his brothers in order to help them attain penance for their crimes.
Why did Yosef not contact Yaakov immediately? According to the Keli Yekar, Yosef felt that if Hashem had not revealed his whereabouts to Yaakov, it must be because He wanted Yaakov to suffer. Yaakov deserved punishment for having himself been away from his father for twenty-two years, and thus needed to be punished measure for measure by not seeing Yosef for the same length of time.
"כִּי נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת כָּל עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל בֵּית אָבִי" – According to this approach these words of Yosef do not reflect a disattachment to his family. Rather, as Seikhel Tov, and the Tzeror HaMor explain, Yosef is merely stating that, with his rise to power, he has forgotten the hardships his family had caused him to endure.
Accusation of espionage
Initial returning of their payment
Favoring Binyamin
Second returning of payment
Framing an innocent person?
"הָאֱלֹהִים מָצָא אֶת עֲוֹן עֲבָדֶיךָ"
