For decades, scholar’s ‘Zionist’ followers fought to bring his remains to be buried in Holy Land while conservative adherents won’t hear a word about reinterring the rabbi, between them stand Ukrainian authorities who view the tomb as a national asset
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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