Friday, November 26, 2010
CHASSIDIC PEARLS BY RABBI LAZER BRODY PARSHAS VAYESHEV
Reuven heard, and he rescued him from their hand…And Reuven said, "Shed no blood! Throw him into this pit in the wilderness (Bereishit 37:21–22).
The above passages don't seem at all logical. Yosef (Joseph) was at the mercy of his brothers – they might have killed him, and yet might not have. Reuven, as the oldest brother, didn't want to take a chance, so he "rescued" Yosef from their hand. Instead of rescuing Yosef, however, Reuven threw his brother into a pit full of snakes and scorpions. Halachically speaking, a pit full of snakes and scorpions is considered certain death, even worse than being thrown into a den of lions (see Shulchan Oruch, Even HaEzer 17:29). How can the Torah call this a rescue?
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