Here is a thread from my Covenant & Conversation essay on #Vayigash. You can read it in full here: bit.ly/2QV98bW & download the accompanying Family Edition here: bit.ly/2GfHRga. #ShabbatShalom
Judaism is a religion of holy words, and one of the themes of Genesis as a whole is the power of speech to create, mislead, harm or heal.
From Cain and Abel to Joseph and his brothers (“They hated him and could not speak peaceably to him”), we are shown how, when words fail, violence begins.
The other theme, even more poignant, has to do with fathers and sons. How did Isaac feel towards Abraham, knowing that he had lifted a knife to sacrifice him? How did Jacob feel towards Isaac, knowing that he loved Esau more than him?
How did Leah’s sons feel about Jacob, knowing that he loved Rachel and her children more? Does my father really love me? – that is a question we feel must have arisen in each of these cases.
Now we see that there is a strong case for supposing that Joseph, too, must have asked himself the same question.
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