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PUTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON IMPORTANT JEWISH INFORMATION
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
OU TORAH Choice and Change Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
The sequence from Bereishit 37 to 50 is the longest unbroken narrative in the Torah, and there can be no doubt who its hero is: Joseph. The story begins and ends with him. We see him as a child, beloved – even spoiled – by his father; as an adolescent dreamer, resented by his brothers; as a slave, then a prisoner, in Egypt; then as the second most powerful figure in the greatest empire of the ancient world. At every stage, the narrative revolves around him and his impact on others. He dominates the last third of Bereishit, casting his shadow on everything else. From almost the beginning, he seems destined for greatness.
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