The story of Joseph and his brothers, spread over four parshiyot, is the longest and most tightly scripted of all the narratives in the Torah. Nothing is there by accident; every detail counts. In this week’s Parashah one moment, however, seems gloriously irrelevant – and it is this that contains one of the most beautiful of the Torah’s ideas…
Parashah – Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 Haftarah – Amos 2:6-3:8 Sources used for extracts and quotes for this commentary: thelandofisrael.com torah.org/torah-portion/haftorah-vayeishev/ www.torahvort.com/vayeshev/haftorah-vayeshev/ www.uscj.org.il/commentaries/haftarah-parshat-vayeshev/ This haftarah is read with Parashat Vayeshev because of one line in it: “They have sold for silver those whose cause was just” (Amos 2:6). Underlying this Parashah is the enlightening review […]