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In this week\u2019s reading, what is the purpose and\/or thematic significance of the stories about Joseph and his brothers?\u00a0 Why do you think they were codified for generations to read about in the Torah?\u00a0 Do you think that Joseph was chosen by God from the time of his birth to become a great leader and Savior for all peoples?\u00a0 Based on his character (and life history) was he qualified for this job?\u00a0 In your own life, do you feel that you have been born for a certain mission or role or do you see it as something that is evolving?\u00a0 These are all very important questions as they are related to this week\u2019s Torah portion, Parashat Vayigash in regards to leadership and what it means to be a good leader.\u00a0 In the Talmud Bavli Berakhot 55a<\/span><\/em>, we read the following, \u201cR. Judah said: Three things shorten a man\u2019s days and years: being given a Sefer Torah to read and refusing to read it; being given a cup for benediction and refusing to say it; and taking on airs of authority.\u00a0 To be given a Sefer Torah to read from and refuse, as it is written: For this is your life and the length of your days (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 30:20). To be given a cup for benediction and refuse, as it is written (Bereshit \/ Genesis 12:3): I will bless them that bless you. To assume airs of authority: as R. Hama bar Hanina said: why did Joseph die before his brothers? Because he took on an air of authority.\u201d\u00a0 What do you think the rabbis meant by the phrase, \u201cputting on the airs of authority?\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Why is this equated with refusing to read from the Torah scroll or to bless a cup of wine?\u00a0 The phrase \u201cto put on airs\u201d<\/span><\/em> or \u201cto give oneself airs\u201d<\/span><\/em> is a figurative way to say one acts better than he really is, or to pretend to be good or to be superior.\u00a0 The idea here is that the one who takes upon himself authority as a leader, one may be tempted as the Talmud says, to put on airs, or to feel superior to others.\u00a0 This may lead to pride in life and a lack of studying the Scriptures, and to not bless others as a result of the authority one has been given.\u00a0 The concept of \u201csuperiority\u201d has no place in the hearts of leaders.\u00a0 The Talmud Bavli Berekhot 55a appears to place leaders and those in authority in a negative light as a result of pride.\u00a0 The Talmud Bavli Yoma 22b<\/span><\/em> states, \u201cRav Nehilai bar Idi said in the name of Samuel: As soon as a man is appointed administrator of a community he becomes rich \u2013 First it is written: And he [Saul] counted them by means of pebbles. Then in the end: And he [Saul] counted by means of sheep. (1 Samuel 15:5).\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Comparing Yoma 22a to Berekhot 55a, these comments appear to present \u201cauthority\u201d in a positive light.\u00a0 It is interesting how the rabbis use king Saul as the example in Yoma 22a, where a reference to Saul may be related to men being failed leaders.\u00a0 In light of the rabbis comments on leadership and authority, how should one behave as a leader?\u00a0 This is related to the Torah portion in the sense of Joseph testing the faith of his brothers and observing their abilities as leaders.\u00a0 The conclusion is, true humility involves studying God\u2019s Word and laying down of our lives for others as being the true meaning of leadership.\u00a0 Let\u2019s discuss this further in this week\u2019s Torah study.<\/p>\n This week we are looking at the Scriptures from Bereshit \/ Genesis 44:18-45:5<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n Bereshit \/ Genesis 44:18-45:5<\/span><\/em><\/strong> The most significant part of the reading for this week are Judah\u2019s words to Joseph from Bereshit \/ Genesis 44:31-34<\/span><\/em>, which states the following, \u05dc\u05d0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b8\u05de\u05b5\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e9\u05b5\u05b9\u05d9\u05d1\u05b7\u05ea \u05e2\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d2\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05dc\u05d1\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b4\u05dd \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05d8\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05dc\u05d2\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d1-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e2\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d0\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05e2\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5: \u05dc\u05d3\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05e2\u05b1\u05dc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b6\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9: 44:31 when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow. 44:32 \u2018For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, \u2018If I do not bring him back to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever.\u2019 44:33 \u2018Now, therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers. 44:34 \u2018For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Judah approached Joseph and spoke to him about his youngest brother.\u00a0 He laid his life down as a servant to Joseph in order to secure the life of his brother because he was concerned for the life of his father Jacob.\u00a0 Judah humbled himself and sought the welfare of others.\u00a0 This aspect of Judah\u2019s behavior was absent from what we read in the previous Torah portion.\u00a0 Thirty years of thinking about what they did to their brother Joseph has had an impact on the way they though and behaved towards one another.\u00a0 The rabbis, according to the Tosefta on the Talmud Bavli Berekhot 4:16<\/span><\/em>, have much to say concerning leadership and Judah who took it upon himself to protect his youngest brother and his father Jacob.<\/p>\n The Tosefta on the Talmud Bavli Berekhot 4:16<\/span><\/em><\/strong> The Tosefta (\u05ea\u05d5\u05e1\u05e4\u05ea\u05d0) is Aramaic and is translated as \u201csupplement\u201d<\/span><\/em> or \u201caddition\u201d<\/span><\/em> as it is a compilation on the interpretation of the Jewish oral law (Mishnah) from the late 2nd century.\u00a0 The Tosefta offers additional aggadic and midrashic material which contributes to the Mishnah in the interpretation of Jewish law, or in attributing in whose name a law was stated.\u00a0 According to the Tosefta on the Talmud Bavli Berekhot 4:16<\/span><\/em>, the rabbis open with the question on what it was that caused Judah to be such a great leader and merited his kingship?\u00a0 They open with Judah having admitted that he had impregnated Tamar.\u00a0 This impregnation was a transgression, a sin.\u00a0 The belief is a true leader admits his faults and his sins; he does not attempt to hide what he has done wrong.\u00a0 The rabbis respond saying, \u201cHe (i.e. Rebbi Tarfon) said to them (i.e. to the four elders), \u201cDo they give reward for a transgression? But rather what is [the real] reason why [the tribe of] Yehudah merited the kingship of Israel?\u201d [The four elders said back to Rebbi Tarfon,] \u201cBecause he (i.e. Yehudah) saved his brother (i.e. Yosef) from death, as it is said, \u2018Yehudah said to his brothers, \u201cWhat benefit [will we have] if we kill our brother?\u201d\u2019 (Genesis 37:26) and it is written, \u2018Let us go and sell him to the Ishmaelites\u2026\u2019 (Genesis 37:27)\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The idea here is that it was for his having saved Joseph from his brothers and from death that he merited kingship.\u00a0 The rabbis question whether this was sufficient for the forgiveness of selling Joseph into slavery, because it was Judah who suggested earning money from the sale of their brother into slavery.\u00a0 The rabbis continue saying what was the real reason for his earning kingship?\u00a0 They say, \u201c[The four elders said back to Rebbi Tarfon,] \u201cBecause of [Yehudah\u2019s] humility, as it is said, \u2018And now your servant (i.e. Yehudah) will become a slave to my master (i.e. Yosef) instead of the boy (i.e. Binyamin).\u2019 (Genesis 44:33)\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The primary reason for Judah being given the kingship was due to his humility and selflessness towards his brothers.\u00a0 The Tosefta interprets the reason Judah merited the kingship to have gone even further back in history, making reference to Tehillim \/ Psalms 114:1-2<\/span><\/em> which states the following, 114:1 When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 114:2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel, His dominion. 114:3 The sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back. 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\u05d9\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b9\u05a5\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d7\u05bd\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05c3)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The interpretation on these Scriptures is in support of Judah having laid his life down on behalf of the people.\u00a0 Judah had faith and humility was great enough to even merit the dividing of the red sea in the minds of the rabbis.<\/p>\n The significant points that we can take from the rabbis and this week\u2019s Torah portion are in relation to the qualities of being a leader, especially a spiritual leader, is to live selflessly.\u00a0 Selflessness is in the sense of being humble, honest, and consistently thinking upon and have concern for the welfare of others as opposed to ones\u2019s self.\u00a0 One major concern is the importance of correctly teaching the word of God (as opposed to teaching believing in only a theology) and to live the example (Ephesians 4:11, 1 timothy 3:2, 5:17, Titus 1:9, and Hebrews 3:17<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 According to Acts 6:1-6<\/span><\/em>, the apostles were devoted to prayer and the ministry of the word of God.\u00a0 The qualifications of a good leader are found in 1 Timothy 3:8-13<\/span><\/em>, one must not be an addict (3:3<\/span><\/em>), not greedy or seeking dishonest gain (3:3<\/span><\/em>), blameless (3:2, Titus 1:6<\/span><\/em>), the husband of one wife (6:2<\/span><\/em>), and able to manage his children and household (6:4-5<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 These qualifications are focusing upon moral character of the person who is to be a leader, he is to be mature and above reproach.\u00a0 Were these the things Joseph was looking for in his brothers?<\/p>\n In addition, a leader is to be dignified and not double tongued (i.e. saying one thing and then doing another<\/em>).\u00a0 He is not to be a drunkard (addicted to much wine) and to be sound in faith and life (6:9<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Paul\u2019s language of being \u201cblameless\u201d<\/span><\/em> would disqualify all of Joseph\u2019s brothers, since they were all complicit in Joseph being sold into slavery (all except Benjamin).\u00a0 Moreover, what we can conclude is that leaders should have the ability of discernment, having a maturity in faith and not a maturity in the sense of only being able to repeat a church doctrine.\u00a0 The point is to be seasoned in the Scriptures, being able to understand Scripture, and apply the Scriptures to any situation in life.\u00a0 This is important because all of these things call for our obedience to God\u2019s Word as we live our lives for God\u2019s glory.<\/p>\n Note that with God\u2019s mercy comes His blessings in our lives for those who would obey His Word.\u00a0 The ungodly, those who disobey his commands, the wicked, we are told their ways turn \u201cA fruitful land into a salt waste\u201d (Tehillim \/ Psalms 107:34)<\/span><\/em> and the reason is because of wickedness pollutes a holy land and those who dwell in it.\u00a0 The righteous on the other hand the descriptions given in the Psalms are those of newness of life and even of resurrection in the sense that life comes from a deserted and dry (dead) land.\u00a0 The Lord says that He will cause springs of water to flow and the hungry will dwell in the land, plant fields and vineyards and the Lord will cause the land to produce much fruit and great prosperity will come to the people who walk in God\u2019s ways!\u00a0 The Aramaic Targum on Tehillim \/ Psalms 107:32-38<\/span><\/em> states, \u05dc\u05d1\u00a0 \u05d5\u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05de\u05de\u05d9\u05df \u05d9\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05db\u05e0\u05e9\u05ea \u05e2\u05de\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d1\u05e1\u05e0\u05d4\u05d3\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05d7\u05db\u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7\u05d5\u05df \u05d9\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4\u05c3\u00a0 \u05dc\u05d2\u00a0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d3\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05d1\u05e8 \u05e4\u05ea\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc 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\u05d5\u05d1\u05e2\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d6\u05e2\u05d9\u05e8\u05c3 107:32 And they exalt him in the assembly of the people, the house of Israel; and in the Sanhedrin of the wise they will praise him. 107:33 Concerning the generation of Joel son of Pethuel he prophesied and said: \u201cWhen the house of Israel rebelled in the days of Joel the prophet, he brought a drought into the world; he made the rivers like the desert, and the sources of water like thirst.\u201d 107:34.\u00a0 The land of Israel that produces fruit became a waste like Sodom, which was overthrown because of the evil of its inhabitants. 107:35 When they returned to the Torah, he made the desert like a channel of water, and the parched land [became] sources of water. 107:36 And he made the hungry dwell there, and they set up an inhabited city. 107:37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they yielded fruit of produce. 107:38 And he blessed them and they multiplied greatly, and their livestock will not diminish. (EMC)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The rabbis parallel these things to Joel the son of Pethuel, speaking of a prophetic message against the people of the land due to the faithlessness of the people and their sins.\u00a0 The people were unrepentant, they did not seek to walk in God\u2019s ways, they desired to walk in their own ways, and as a result the land became a desert waste, like Sodom.\u00a0 Note that in both the MT and the Targum translations, the Scriptures say \u201cAnd he made the hungry dwell there,\u201d<\/span><\/em> suggesting the Lord placed a hungry people in the land.\u00a0 Note this sounds similar to what is written in Parashat Pinchas, Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 28:48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 From this Torah context, it sounds as if the Lord is describing the hunger, thirst, and nakedness as in personal possessions and sustenance.\u00a0 The Description in the Psalm states however that these people the Lord planted will plant fields and the land will produce fruit and sources of water will appear to water the land.\u00a0 This sounds like a description of a righteous people.\u00a0 These people who are hungry sound to be in need for and desire the presence of the Lord and His Holy Words.\u00a0 The people are starving for the Lord\u2019s word and His presence, similar to what Amos says in Amos 8:11 \u201cBehold, days are coming,\u201d declares the Lord GOD, \u201cWhen I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Do you thirst and hunger for the presence of God in your life?\u00a0 Do you hunger and thirst for His words?<\/p>\n These qualities of leadership involve studying God\u2019s Word for the purpose of applying His truth to our lives, and to have concern for the welfare of others as opposed to ones\u2019s self.\u00a0 Good leadership appears to be the significance of the stories about Joseph and his brothers.\u00a0 The reason these stories were written in the Torah was to show us how no matter what the circumstances, the Lord is working in the background for good, to save lives, and to bring His truth into the hearts of all men.\u00a0 In conclusion, let\u2019s read from the Mishnah Pirkei Avot 5:17-18<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n Mishnah Pirkei Avot 5:17-18 The Mishnah Pirkei Avot 5:17-18<\/span><\/em> speaks of one who brings righteousness to many as opposed to one who brings many to sin.\u00a0 The biblical comparison is to Moshe and Jeroboam, Moshe brought many to righteousness, Jeroboam brought many to sin.\u00a0 The rabbis say that those who teach righteousness to others, are the students of Abraham, and those who teach others to sin, are the students of Bilaam.\u00a0 The teacher of righteousness inherits the kingdom of Heaven, and the teacher of sin inherits Gehinnom (Hell).\u00a0 These descriptions of two types of people are related to leadership and the importance of studying God\u2019s Word for the purpose of applying His truth to our lives, and to have concern for the welfare of others as opposed to ones\u2019s self.\u00a0 Leadership is what these stories about Joseph and his brothers are all about.\u00a0 The reason these stories were written in the Torah was to show us how no matter what the circumstances, the Lord is working in the background for good, to save lives, and to bring His truth into the hearts of all men.\u00a0 The Lord can do this with or without you.\u00a0 It is easy to see how the leaders of our country are corrupt and unrighteous.\u00a0 Which side of leadership are you serving today? 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\n 44:18 Then Judah approached him, and said, \u2018Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord\u2019s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh. 44:19 \u2018My lord asked his servants, saying, \u2018Have you a father or a brother?\u2019 44:20 \u2018We said to my lord, \u2018We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.\u2019 44:21 \u2018Then you said to your servants, \u2018Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.\u2019 44:22 \u2018But we said to my lord, \u2018The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.\u2019 44:23 \u2018You said to your servants, however, \u2018Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.\u2019 44:24 \u2018Thus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 44:25 \u2018Our father said, \u2018Go back, buy us a little food.\u2019 44:26 \u2018But we said, \u2018We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man\u2019s face unless our youngest brother is with us.\u2019 44:27 \u2018Your servant my father said to us, \u2018You know that my wife bore me two sons; 44:28 and the one went out from me, and I said, \u2018Surely he is torn in pieces,\u2019 and I have not seen him since. 44:29 \u2018If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.\u2019 44:30 \u2018Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad\u2019s life, 44:31 when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow. 44:32 \u2018For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, \u2018If I do not bring him back to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever.\u2019 44:33 \u2018Now, therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers. 44:34 \u2018For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?\u2019 45:1 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, \u2018Have everyone go out from me.\u2019 So there was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 45:2 He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it.\u00a0 45:3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, \u2018I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?\u2019 But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. 45:4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, \u2018Please come closer to me.\u2019 And they came closer. And he said, \u2018I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 45:5 \u2018Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 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\n [Then] he (i.e. Rebbi Tarfon) said to them (i.e. his students), \u201cI will ask [you another question].\u201d They said to him, \u201cTeach us our master.\u201d He said to them, \u201cWhy did [the tribe of] Yehudah merit the kingship [of Israel]?\u201d They said to him, \u201cBecause [Yehudah] admitted [that he impregnated] Tamar.\u201d It happened [once] with four elders, that they were sitting in the gatehouse of Rebbi Yehoshua. [They were] Elazar Ben Matya, Chaninah Ben Chachinai, Shimon Ben Azzai, and Shimon Hateimani. And they were involved [in discussing] what Rebbi Tarfon taught to them, \u201cWhy did [the tribe of] Yehudah merit the kingship [of Israel]?\u201d \u201cBecause [Yehudah] admitted [that he impregnated] Tamar.\u201d They have added [another source to that explanation] on their own. \u201c[It says in the book of Iyov], \u2018\u2026 that which the wise related from their fathers and did not withhold. To them alone the earth was given\u2026\u2019 (Job 15:18-19)\u201d He (i.e. Rebbi Tarfon) said to them (i.e. to the four elders), \u201cDo they give reward for a transgression? But rather what is [the real] reason why [the tribe of] Yehudah merited the kingship of Israel?\u201d [The four elders said back to Rebbi Tarfon,] \u201cBecause he (i.e. Yehudah) saved his brother (i.e. Yosef) from death, as it is said, \u2018Yehudah said to his brothers, \u201cWhat benefit [will we have] if we kill our brother?\u201d\u2019 (Genesis 37:26) and it is written, \u2018Let us go and sell him to the Ishmaelites\u2026\u2019 (Genesis 37:27)\u201d He (i.e. Rebbi Tarfon) said [back] to them (i.e. the four elders), \u201cIt is enough that [the act of] saving [him] should [serve] as forgiveness for the [act of] selling [him to the Ishmaelites]. But rather what is [the real] reason why [the tribe of] Yehudah merited the kingship of Israel?\u201d [The four elders said back to Rebbi Tarfon,] \u201cBecause of [Yehudah\u2019s] humility, as it is said, \u2018And now your servant (i.e. Yehudah) will become a slave to my master (i.e. Yosef) instead of the boy (i.e. Binyamin).\u2019 (Genesis 44:33) Also [the only reason that] Shaul merited the kingship [of Israel] was due to [his] humility, as it is said, \u2018\u2026 may be my father will turn his attention away from the donkeys and will start to worry about us.\u2019 (I Samuel 9:5) [Since Shaul said \u201cus\u201d and not \u201cme\u201d] he considered his servant as [important as] himself, but Shmuel did not do so, but rather [he said], \u2018Your father stopped worrying about the donkeys and is worried about you, saying \u201cWhat will happen to my son?\u201d\u2019 (I Samuel 10:2) And when he (i.e. Shaul) runs away from [accepting his newly appointed role of] leadership what does it say? \u2018And they have asked God, \u201cIs the man even here?\u201d and God said, \u201cHere he is hiding by the vessels.\u201d\u2019 (I Samuel 10:22)\u201d He (i.e. Rebbi Tarfon) said [back] to them (i.e. the four elders), \u201cIs not he (i.e. Yehudah) a cosigner? And in the end [it is the responsibility] of a cosigner to fulfill his pledge. But rather what is [the real] reason why [the tribe of] Yehudah merited the kingship of Israel?\u201d They said to him, \u201cTeach us our master.\u201d He said to them, \u201c[The reason the tribe of Yehudah merited the kingship of Israel is] because they sanctified God\u2019s name on the sea. When [all of] the tribes came and stood by the sea, this one said, \u2018I will go down [into the water first]\u2019 and this one said, \u2018I will go down [into the water first].\u2019 The tribe of Yehudah jumped up and went in first and sanctified God\u2019s name [by doing so]. 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And anyone who brings the many to sin is not given enough [time] to repent. Moshe — who was meritorious and brought merit to the many; the merit of the many is appended to him, as it is stated (Deuteronomy 33:21), \u201cHe fulfilled the righteousness of God and His statutes with Israel.\u201d Jeroboam — who sinned and caused the many to sin; the sin of the many is appended to him, as it is stated (I Kings 15:30), \u201cfor the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and that he caused Israel to sin.\u201d<\/span><\/em> \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc \u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc, \u05de\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc \u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05dd \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc. 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who has these three things is from the students of Abraham, our father, and [anyone who has] three other things is from the students of Bilaam the evildoer: [one who has] a good eye, a humble spirit and a small appetite — is from the students of Abraham, our father. [One who has] an evil eye, a haughty spirit and a broad appetite – is from the students of Bilaam the evildoer. What [difference] is there between the students of Abraham, our father, and the students of Bilaam the evildoer? The students of Abraham, our father, eat in this world and possess the next world, as it is stated (Proverbs 8:21), \u201cThere is what for those that love Me to inherit, and their treasuries will I fill.\u201d But the students of Bilaam the evildoer inherit Gehinnom (Purgatory) and go down to the pit of destruction, as it is stated (Psalms 55:24), \u201cAnd You, God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; the people of blood and deceit, they will not live out half their days; and I will trust in You.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n