Everyone knows the story of Joseph and how he was given the gift of interpreting dreams by Elohiym.  He knows from Whom his enablement comes and declares it almost everytime he uses it for good; that way the hearers become aware that his God not only endows unusual gifts but watches over Joseph. Did anyone […]

GENESIS 42  JOSEPH’S BRETHREN IN EGYPT 1 Now when Yaakov saw that there were rations in Egypt,  Yaakov said to his sons:  Why do you keep looking at one another?  saw.  He had probably seen the corn brought by caravans.  why do you look one upon another?  Paralysed by doubt and helplessness (Luzzatto). [RA] provisions.  Most of […]

[The triple-D in the title stands for “Divinely Designed Dreams.” As far as we know, this doesn’t happen in real life because dreams have no significance since they’re just random mixing of information stored in the brain with no conscious order while the dreamer is in sleep mode . . . unless you believe in […]

[This is a revisit, the original post was published September 2012.  As we have done with all revisited posts, we have added three commentaries interspersed in the chapter verses; the introduction is ours, from our initial discussions of the chapter, without recourse to commentaries.  Except for the introduction which is ours, the unbracketed notes within […]

[This was first posted in September 2012; there is no change in the original article, we are simply replacing the former translation with a more recent one:  The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox.  This is a free download from the publisher Shocken Books, check this link:     http://toby.weebly.com/uploads/2/7/4/8/2748917/everett_foxxstorah.pdf.–   –Admin1.]   —————————————————————–   As […]

[This was first posted  in 2012, reflecting a simple reading and discussion by Sinaites of the problems within families that practice favoritism.  To this original perspective are now added commentary from the three sources we have chosen to feature:  Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; RA/Robert Alter; and EF/Everett Fox whose translation we have chosen […]

[This was first posted September 3, 2012 as “Esau, who is Edom”; it is now updated with three commentaries added to the Sinaite’s perspective which is discussed first, as an introduction.   When we first started re-reading the Torah books, we thought it best to read without outside aid, just to test if today’s readers […]

[This is another ‘revisit” of a Genesis chapter posted in 2012.  We’ve added to the Sinaite perspective the commentaries from our three sources: unbracketed commentary is from Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; other two are indicated by the initials RA/Robert Alter, and EF/Everett Fox whose translation The Five Books of Moses we’ve chosen for this website.—Admin1.] […]

 [“Becoming Israel’ is a series that feature the Sinaite perspective on this chapter.  It features Chapter 32 without intrusive commentary so you can read straight through without having to read through the three commentaries we feature on the post that usually follow this series.  Translation is Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. –Admin1.] ————————————— Still […]

 [‘Becoming Israel’ is a series featuring discussions of Sinaites on this portion of Scripture.  It traces the life of third generation patriarch-to-be Yaakov whose character so far has not been admirable, so we’re still waiting for the Name-change reflecting a change in character.  This series also allows for reading the featured chapter without interruption; subsequent […]