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Jacob lies on his death bed and Joseph brings him his two sons to bless. Joseph lines them up in order of age: Menashe, the oldest, on Jacob’s right, and Ephraim, the youngest, on Jacob’s left. Jacob has other ideas. He crosses his hands, placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head and his left hand on Menashe’s head. Joseph attempts to correct his father, informing him that the oldest grandson is already on his right-hand side. But Jacob is adamant [Bereishit 48:19]: “I know, my son, I know; he too will become a nation and he too will be great. But his younger brother will be greater than he and his children[‘s fame] will fill the nations”. Jacob then blesses his grandchi
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From the moment we first meet Joseph as a 17-year-old youth until he stands before Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, 13 years later, he spends the vast majority of his time in captivity. First, his brothers throw him into a pit to die there of exposure. After a change of heart, they sell him to a band of Midianites who bring him to Egypt, where he is sold as a slave to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s ministers. After he shuns the advances of Potiphar’s wife, she accuses him of rape and he is sentenced to life in prison. According to the Talmud in Tractate Rosh Hashanah [11a], Joseph spends twelve years behind bars. Then one fine day, Pharaoh plucks him from prison in order to interpret his