[Unbracketed commentary from Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; additional commentary by RA/Robert Alter, and the translator of The Five Books of Moses, EF/Everett Fox.] Genesis/Bereshith 45 [RA] Reconciliation: In revealing his true identity at last, Yosef makes two points:  first, that it was all part of God’s plan; and second, that the family must immediately prepare for migration to […]

 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.] […]