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[50: 15-17].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rav Lichtenstein comments: \u201cAt this moment, Joseph discovers the limits of raw power. He discovers the extent to which the human connection, the personal connection, the family connection, hold far more value and importance than does power \u2013 both for the person himself and for all those around him.\u201d Joseph \u201cweeps over the weakness inherent in power, over the terrible price that he has paid for it. His dreams have indeed been realised, on some level, but the tragedy remains just as real. The torn shreds of the family have not been made completely whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the surface, Joseph holds all the power. His family are entirely dependent on him. But at a deeper level it is the other way round. He still yearns for their acceptance, their recognition, their closeness. And ultimately he has to depend on them to bring his bones up from Egypt when the time comes for redemption and return (50: 25).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph \u201cthe righteous\u201d weeps when he sees the extent to which power sets him apart from his brothers. Judaism is about an alternative social order which depends not on power but on love, loyalty and the mutual responsibility created by covenant. 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