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Having been summoned to interpret Pharaoh\u2019s dream, Joseph showed himself as not merely an exceptional \u201coneirocritic\u201d (dream interpreter). He was also a leader in the making. The simple interpretation of Pharaoh\u2019s dream about cows and ears of grain was that there would be seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. That is really all Joseph had to say, but he said far more<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Prior to summoning Joseph to interpret his dream, Pharaoh had already heard from \u201call the necromancers of Egypt and all its (Egypt\u2019s) sages (41:8).\u201d The midrash tells us that these interpretations included predictions that Pharaoh would have seven daughters who would subsequently die or would conquer seven countries that he would subsequently lose. Those interpretations related the basic theme of good followed by bad.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Clearly, Pharaoh was not satisfied by what he heard from his necromancers, because he then summoned Joseph, who provided the interpretation of years of plenty followed by years of famine. It was essentially the same good-then-bad theme as had already been proposed, so what was different in Joseph\u2019s response that warranted Pharaoh putting him in a position of leadership? Something about Joseph\u2019s presentation resonated with Pharoah and made more of an impression on him than the previous interpretations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Before commencing with his interpretation, Joseph qualified his analysis by making clear that what he was about to say was not opinion, but prophecy from God. Only then did he proceed with the explanation of God\u2019s plan for years of plenty and years of famine as represented by the fat and skinny cows and sheaves. Perhaps that carried some weight with Pharaoh, but there was one more significant difference in Joseph\u2019s presentation that Pharaoh rewarded by appointing Joseph to a position of leadership.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph\u2019s response to Pharaoh went beyond offering the minimum of information that was asked of him. He interpreted the dream, and then he proceeded to provide a plan for the solution: \u201cSeek out a wise man and appoint him over the land of Egypt\u201d to develop a plan by which food can be stored during the seven years of plenty as a reserve for the seven years of famine so that the land won\u2019t be destroyed (Genesis 41:29-36).\u201d<\/span> Joseph gave Pharaoh the same good news\/bad news report as the necromancers, but then showed Pharoah a path for leveraging the good to weather the bad.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph was a dreamer, a visionary, a strategist and a believer in God\u2019s command of the world. 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Joseph is famous for his coat of many colors, but clothing in general plays a major role in his life. First, his \u201ccoat of many colors\u201d signifies the special standing that Joseph had in his father\u2019s eyes. When the brothers want to tear that away, they literally tear away his coat and throw Joseph in the pit. They then take this coat and dip it in blood to give Jacob the visual image of his son\u2019s alleged demise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In chapter 39, Potiphar\u2019s wife \u201cgrabs him by the cloak\u201d (39:13) when she tries to get him to sleep with her. When Joseph flees her clutches, he leaves his cloak with her. \u201cLook, he had to bring us a Hebrew to dally with us! This one came to lie with me; but I screamed loud.\/ And when he heard me screaming at the top of my voice, he left his <\/span>garment<\/span><\/em> with me and got away and fled outside\/She kept his <\/span>garment<\/span><\/em> beside her, until his master came home\u201d (39:15-17).\u00a0 Potiphar\u2019s wife uses the cloak to identify Joseph to her husband.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In chapter 41, when Joseph is taken from prison, \u201c[h]e had his hair cut and changed his clothes, and he appeared before Pharaoh\u201d (41:14).\u00a0 When Pharaoh selects Joseph as his chief administrator \u201che had him dressed in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.\u201d (41:42).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This obsession with clothing links Joseph to the past and the future. When Rebekah was trying to get Jacob the birthright, she had him wear Esau\u2019s special clothing as a way to trick Isaac. Jacob fashions a similar unique cloak for his son, only for this clothing to become a source of hatred. Joseph\u2019s next cloak also becomes a source of shame when it is used to falsely accuse him. Finally, Joseph is redeemed by being dressed in fine clothes and then given the finest clothes at the behest of Pharaoh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph is connected to the future in the story of Mordecai in Megillat Esther. After hearing of the decree against the Jews of Persia, Mordecai dresses in sackcloth and sits outside the walls of the palace even though this is against the law. His act of defiance is symbolized by his clothes. Later, Haman must dress Mordecai in the finest clothes and parade him through the town. Later, just as Joseph is triumphant in his linen clothing before Pharaoh, \u201cMordecai left the king\u2019s presence in royal robes of blue and white, with a magnificent crown of gold and a mantle of fine linen and purple wool. And the city of Shushan rang with joyous cries.\u201d (Esther 8:15).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our<\/span> chapter<\/span><\/a> deals with Pharaoh\u2019s dreams, which when interpreted by Joseph, led to his remarkable rise to power in Egypt. Pharaoh\u2019s two dreams here are the last of<\/span> three pairs of dreams<\/span><\/a> in the Joseph story (Genesis Chapters 37-50). This curious compositional feature has been the subject of considerable scholarly discussion. Significantly, after Joseph relates his own two dreams to his brothers, they later receive him with the seemingly derogatory exclamation:<\/span> Here comes that dreamer<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pharaoh\u2019s dreams are the subject of much<\/span> Jewish legend<\/span><\/a>. An extensive elaboration on this Scriptural story is found in<\/span> Sefer Ha-Yashar<\/span><\/a>, which according to Joseph Dan was written in Naples in the 16<\/span>th<\/span> century. Here, Pharaoh\u2019s magicians and wise men give various detailed misinterpretations of Pharaoh\u2019s two dreams. Moreover,<\/span> later in Sefer Ha-Yashar<\/span><\/a>, Pharaoh has another dream, not mentioned in Scripture. \u201cAnd in the 130<\/span>th<\/span> year of Israel\u2019s going down \u200einto Egypt, and Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he sat upon his regal throne, and he saw, and \u200ebehold, an old man stood opposite him, and in the hand of the old man was a pair of scales like \u200eunto the scales of the merchants, and the old man took the scales, and cast them down \u200ebefore Pharaoh. And the old man took all the elders of Egypt and all the princes and great \u200emen, and he tied them together and placed them into one scale; and then he took a kid and \u200eplaced it into the other scale, and the kid [i.e. Moses] was heavier than all the elders, princes and great \u200emen. And Pharaoh awoke and behold, it was a dream. And when Pharaoh rose up in the \u200emorning and he related his dream unto his servants, the men were all in great fear\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Talmud Bavli<\/span><\/a> records an extended discussion of dreams in general. Here, we find statements such as \u201cA dream not interpreted is like a letter not read\u201d. This discussion concludes with valuable suggestions about how to deal with a disturbing dream. \u201cOne who saw a dream and does not know what he saw should stand before the priests when they lift their hands during the Priestly Blessing and say: \u2018Master of the Universe, I am Yours and my dreams are Yours. I dreamed a dream and I do not know what it is\u2019\u2026And he should complete his prayer together with the priests, so the congregation responds \u2018Amen\u2019 both to the blessing of the priests and to his individual request\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to<\/span> Shulchan Aruch<\/span><\/a>, when one has a dream about which he is anxious, one can rectify the dream in front of three people who care about him. He can say to them: \u2018I had a good dream\u2019 and they can say to him \u2018It is a good dream and it will be well\u2019\u201d. 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Parshat Miketz is positively dreamy.<\/p>\r\n

From cows to corn, this story is full of enigmatic clues to what's up in Egypt. Sociologist Tobin Belzer brings us inside the brain of the great dream interpreter: Joseph.<\/p>\r\n

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We walk through the world with the knowledge that bad things will happen. That\u2019s the nature of mortality. And yet, we largely live in a healthy state of denial that allows us to enjoy and make meaning in the present and to dream about the future. However, denial can go too far. We humans have a mixed track record on how to respond to clear and present danger. Maybe the specter is too frightening to \u201cbelieve,\u201d or too abstract \u2013 not clear and present enough. Perhaps we lack the leaders who can guide us through an anxious time with a sure hand and a clear and optimistic vision. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Take climate change for example. For decades scientists have given us the gift of identifying this phenomenon coupled with concrete advice on how to respond. Alas, as a species we have been wildly and disastrously unresponsive. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Against this backdrop, Pharaoh\u2019s hasty and unequivocal embrace of his Hebrew prisoner\u2019s dream interpretation is particularly astonishing. \u00a0What leader would so willingly embrace bad news?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The answer lies in Joseph\u2019s astute leadership at this moment of intense anxiety. First, Joseph diminishes Pharoah\u2019s confusion and anguish by \u201cshrinking the change\u201d\u2014don\u2019t be overwhelmed, these are not two dreams but one. There is one distinct message here and this advanced knowledge a gift from God. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Next, he delivers the bad news clearly and directly: seven years of plenty followed by seven years of severe famine. To be sure, this is terrible news, and if Joseph had stopped here, Pharaoh very well may have sent him back to prison. \u00a0But Joseph insists on the interpretation reiterating that \u201cthe matter has been determined by God\u201d and then, without missing a beat, offers a full blown strategic plan for the next fourteen years including a chain of command, staffing structure, set of procedures and an inspired vision for the outcome. Confronted with both the inevitability of God\u2019s plan and the possibility that Joseph\u2019s vision and leadership suggests, Pharaoh and his entire court accept the bad news and embrace Joseph\u2019s response.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph models leadership during a time of anxiety, at once acknowledging the overwhelm and fear and at the same time, tapping into the possibility of human ingenuity and faith. 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After twenty-two years and many twists and turns, Joseph and his brothers meet. \u201cAs soon as Joseph saw his brothers, <\/span>he recognised <\/span><\/em>them<\/span><\/i>, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them \u2026 <\/span>Joseph recognised his brothers, but they did not recognise him<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i>\u201d Joseph was wearing the uniform of an Egyptian of high rank. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Previously Pharaoh said to Joseph, \u2018I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.\u2019 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph\u2019s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain round his neck. \u00a0He made him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and people shouted before him, \u2018Make way.\u2019 Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt. (Gen. 41: 41-43)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Stories about garments teach that <\/span>things are not necessarily as they seem<\/span><\/em>. Appearances deceive. The Hebrew word for garment, <\/span>b-g-d<\/span><\/em>, is also the Hebrew word for \u201cbetrayal,\u201d as in the confession formula, <\/span>Ashamnu, bagadnu<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> \u201cWe have been guilty, we have betrayed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Judge by appearances and you will miss the deeper truth about situations and people. You will even miss God Himself, for God cannot be seen, only heard. That is why the primary imperative in Judaism is <\/span>Shema Yisrael<\/span><\/em>, \u201cListen, O Israel,\u201d and why, when we say the first line of the <\/span>Shema<\/span><\/i>, we place our hand over our eyes so that we cannot see.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Appearances deceive. Clothes betray. 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\u201cWho lives, who dies, Who tells your story?\u201d - Lin Manuel Miranda.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph knows, perhaps even determines, who lives and who dies through his interpretation of dreams. Yet he waits and waits and waits languishing in prison as nobody tells his story. His version of events, as he described in the last chapter to the Pharaoh\u2019s cupbearer, is one of complete innocence \u201cI was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, nor have I done anything here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yet when his story is finally related by the cupbearer to Pharaoh only one important detail about the protagonist remains \u201ca Hebrew lad, a servant to the chief steward.\u201d Pharaoh is desperate to understand his incomprehensible dreams, but if the cupbearer is truly sorry for forgetting Joseph up to this point, and wants to convince Pharaoh to release a convicted felon, he might mention that this interpreter of dreams is a kind and decent person. One that despite being in jail he claims innocence\u2026yet the only detail he mentions is his ethnicity. \u00a0Sadly, this is not the only instance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Joseph rebuffs the advances of Potiphar\u2019s wife she tells her servants \u201cLook, he brought us a Hebrew (<\/span>letzachek<\/span><\/i>) to dally with us.\u201d When Joseph invites the brothers to eat a meal with him they are served and eat separately \u201cbecause the Egyptians could not dine with the Hebrews, since that would be abhorrent to the Egyptians.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Racism is pervasive in Egypt. People are described by the color of their skin, not by the content of their character.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To Pharaoh\u2019s credit, the racism is not in the palace. Following Joseph\u2019s interpretation of the dreams and economic plan Pharaoh exclaims \u201cCould we find another like him, a man in whom is the spirit of God?\u201d Pharaoh recognizes Joseph\u2019s abilities (due to God) and allows him to run the country. Joseph wears the finest Egyptian clothing, rides around in the poshest wagons, and Pharaoh even serves as Joseph\u2019s matchmaker, marrying him off to the daughter of a priestly family.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yet, while the overt racism may disappear when a Hebrew is in charge and helping the country reach unprecedented economic power, when it is not quashed it remains underground and it is only a matter of time until Joseph is an unknown, and his people are \u201cthe fifth column\u201d ready to bring down the ruling party.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Who lives and who dies are questions that many of us leave to the Almighty, but each of us are responsible in the way we describe others, how we frame, describe and tell stories.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":103624,"alt":"","title":"-6249851ea7f6f--6249851ea7f70gen41-racism different black 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Joseph is a decoder.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Though the title \u201ctzafnat paneach<\/em>\u201d(41:45) is bestowed on him by a Pharaoh who has just met him, it is the most appropriate title he could receive. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Throughout his life, Joseph has had to decode messages from one medium into another. His father\u2019s great love for him (37:3) as the first-born of the beloved wife Rachel \u2013 how does it translate into the intense hatred of the sons of the other wife and concubines for him (37:4)? \u00a0He didn\u2019t grasp the message of the anonymous man he asks directions of (37:15) who, according to some interpretations, was hinting when he tells Joseph \u201cyour brothers left\u201d (37:17) that they had veered away from seeing Joseph as their brother, and was attempting to give him a veiled warning.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Joseph arrives in Egypt, he needs to interpret the organizational structure of the household of Potiphar. Joseph, placed by his master as second in command of the household (39:4-6) fails to run from the mistress of the household soon enough when she attempts to bed him (39:12). The #MeToo movement has shown that a person with power asking for sex from someone with lesser power is premised on the importance of the power, not the sex, though the text helpfully reminds us that Joseph is quite a hunk (39:6). Joseph has failed to decode what Potiphar\u2019s wife is seeking \u2013proof of her dominance \u00a0over him - which is why her retaliation, putting him in jail (39:20), is so severe.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In jail, he is finally ready to access his interpretative abilities. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is most striking to a modern reader about Joseph in Egypt, like Esther in the palace of Ahasuerus, is though we are never told that God is speaking directly to either of them, they are both able to act decisively to save their families and people despite not having any explicit divine guidance. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Though Joseph states, \u201cdream interpretations are God\u2019s\u201d(40:8), we don\u2019t know what messages God has given him. Yet, Joseph \u00a0is able to go on to translate the dream images of both the butcher and the baker to their real fates. As we learn in the Talmud, Berachot 55b, dreams are manifested in their interpretation. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pharaoh sees God as manifesting a message through Joseph (41: 38) although we are not told that God appears to Joseph as God has elsewhere in Genesis.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph is a master decoder because even though he invokes God\u2019s name, God does not appear to him explicitly, but he is able to understand what God wants of him and how to behave. \u00a0This is confirmed for us by his final statement to his brothers, \u201cyou planned a bad fate for me, but God planned a good one\u201d(50:20). 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Chapter 41 is all about forgetting, from before its first word, until the naming of Joseph's sons at its end. What is the Torah telling us about forgetting?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The forgetting in the body of the chapter can readily be seen as a negative phenomenon. When the ugly swallows the beautiful and scarcity swallows plenty leaving no trace or memory of it, it is tragic, and also familiar. Who hasn't had a difficult experience that possessed the demonic qualities of the thin cows and the wind-blown stalks, able to cause a person to forget all the blessings they had known how to enjoy until that point? The impact can be softened by the preparations of a wise Joseph, so that the good can provide a person with some reservoirs from which to draw sustenance, but the memory of those days is almost impossible to maintain alongside a reality of pain and suffering.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But what of the opposite? What do we make of the way the good times make us forget the bad, as they do for Joseph, whose meteoric rise to power allows him to leave behind the memories of \"his toil and his father's house\", as he expresses through his first-born's name?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The attitude the Torah suggests to this type of forgetting is revealed when we note that Joseph is not the first in the chapter to forget in this way. The butler spent two blissful years back before remembering his promise made to Joseph in the dungeon. This, he tells us, is sinful, and we can add, perhaps impossible. Sinful, in allowing one's comfort to overcome their commitments made in a time of crisis. Impossible, because those commitments are a part of us, as are the experiences of our darker days. To try to forget them is to forget a part of our identity, which has a curious habit of standing up and demand recognition at the very moments we most want to repress it, as Joseph will discover in the coming chapter.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"What to Forget, When to Remember","tile_main_caption":"Who hasn't had a difficult experience that caused them to forget all the blessings they had enjoyed until that point? But what do we make of the way the good times make us forget the bad, as they do for Joseph?","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Genesis","chapter":"41","chapter_main_number":"41","date":"20251026","wall_id":"41"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"405","name":"Memory","old_id":"805"},{"term_id":"504","name":"Blessing","old_id":"904"},{"term_id":"523","name":"Joseph","old_id":"923"},{"term_id":"580","name":"Forgetting","old_id":"980"}]},{"order":11,"id":"39596","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"A Good Solution Starts with a Moment of Careful Listening ","post_title":"A Good Solution Starts with a Moment of Careful Listening","slug":"a-good-solution-starts-with-a-moment-of-careful-listening","old_id":"39596","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38554,"post_title":"Hayuta Deutsch","slug":"hayuta-deutsch","old_id":"38554","first_name":"Hayuta ","last_name":"Deutsch ","description":"Hayuta Deutsch is a writer for Makor Rishon newspaper. She is one of the organizers of Koleich, a religious feminist organization whose purpose is to bring about a change in awareness and status of women in the Israeli religious community. She also served as an editor of the journal Akdamut.","short_description":"Hayuta Deutsch is a writer for Makor Rishon newspaper. ","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":2918,"alt":"","title":"","caption":"","description":"\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d1\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1.jpg","width":450,"height":494,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1-273x300.jpg","medium-width":273,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1.jpg","medium_large-width":450,"medium_large-height":494,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1.jpg","large-width":450,"large-height":494,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":450,"1536x1536-height":494,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":450,"2048x2048-height":494,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1.jpg","post_full_size-width":450,"post_full_size-height":494,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/218-1.jpg","home_baner-width":383,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"41","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"Sometimes all it takes is a question like that to open someone else\u2019s heart to you","post_main_content_content":"

A surrealistic situation: A convicted prisoner stands before a king, listening to his secret, frightening dreams. The desperate Pharaoh is consumed by a terrifying dream, a nightmare that repeats twice, ready for anything that can calm him down (Genesis 41:8 says \"his spirit was agitated.\u201d What does an agitated spirit sound like?). \u00a0The words of the advisers and magicians that he gathers together do not manage to calm him down. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

So who can?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The manner in which the chief cupbearer presents Joseph focuses on his abilities to perform: \"This worked, my lord, \u00a0This Hebrew lad interpreted our dreams correctly. My friend died, I am alive, just as he said.\" Joseph, in the words of the chief cupbearer is an outstanding professional, who can be of help where all the others have failed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the chief cupbearer\u2019s sudden mention of Joseph is connected to something far deeper than the successful interpretation. Joseph raises the cupbearer\u2019s trust and that of his friend, the chief baker, with a simple question he asked them one morning: \"\u201cWhy do you appear downcast today?\u201d (Genesis 40:7). \u00a0That is, how are you doing and why do you look so sad? Sometimes all it takes is a question like that to open someone else\u2019s heart to you. People tell their dreams to those who care about them and build their trust. \"How did he notice?,\" others asked each other in the far corners of the Egyptian dungeons (a warm human moment in the abyss of despair where there is a lot of weeping), and they decided to tell Joseph their dreams, and the rest is history.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Dream interpretation, it turns out, is just a moment of listening. Joseph stands in front of the ruler of Egypt and listens to his dream in the same way he listened to the dreams of the two chief officers: he identifies a dream of terror; he recognizes the grotesque years before anyone invented this word at all: strong cows that consume weak cows, full ears of grain that swallow up parched ears of grain. Food becomes a threat. 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The Tanakh reports in dry language that Pharaoh gave Joseph \"for a wife Asenath daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On\u201d (Genesis 41:45). The Tanakh itself, in Deuteronomy (23: 8-9) forbids the marriage of an Israelite man to an Egyptian woman. But one who wishes to claim that this marriage was before the giving of the Torah would find sufficient justification for this marriage that was made by two tribes in Israel, Ephraim and Menasheh. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our Sages solved this issue of marriage in a different way, seeing Asenath as the daughter of Dinah, Jacob\u2019s daughter who was raped by Shechem son of Hamor, who had miraculously made it to Egypt and was adopted by a childless couple, Poti-phera and his wife. \u00a0Thus, Asenath became a proper Israelite woman married to Joseph, her mother's brother (See, for example, the midrash in Pirkei D\u2019Rabbi Eliezer Chapter 37).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But a more fascinating answer to this problem is provided by an ancient book, \"Joseph and Asenath,\" written in Greek by a group of Jews in the first centuries CE, possibly in Alexandria, Egypt. This book tells of a rich Egyptian girl, an idol worshiper, who fell in love with Joseph and was charmed by his personality. She decides to correct her ways, destroy the statues she worshipped, fast and pray, and in that way develop a relationship with the God of Israel and eventually to marry Joseph. 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First the King of Egypt, the morning and the evening star, sent for many officials to deal with his terrible and possibly prophetic dream. When they prove to be of no use, Pharaoh sends for Joseph. Joseph is not summoned in the same way, Joseph is hurried to Pharaoh. Why not? Pharaoh is the powerful king and Joseph is the lowly prisoner and slave. To skip to the end of this chapter, Joseph is placed in charge of all Egypt (under Pharaoh) to prepare for the coming famine because Joseph is a dream interpreter favored by God with this ability. Surely there must be others capable of organization in Pharaoh\u2019s administration. The change in Joseph\u2019s status then comes from the change in net power from the beginning of the chapter to the end. A slave has far more net power in relation to Pharaoh if that slave is favored by God with insight and special abilities.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is net power? Every interaction in Torah and in our lives is more complicated than one party has power and the other does not. Interactions are not based on or influenced by institutional power as much as by net power. In each unique situation there is a weighted net power based on the attributes and also the assumptions of each party.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph\u2019s story in Genesis 41 reminds me of more than the power of God, but of how net power applies in every interaction I have with other human beings. Did someone feel they could stand up to me? Does my experience outweigh the knowledge and education of someone else? These are equations that can be difficult to size up instantly, but I must try to balance the net power of any given situation. Both parties should be humble, considerate, and generous. \u00a0As I approach the High Holy Days and Yom Kippur in particular, I will not only ask forgiveness for the wrongs I have done to others, but for the times I have not properly considered the net power of my interactions.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Joseph\u2019s Net Power","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"From slave to vizier, he leverages his God-given gifts","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Genesis","chapter":"41","chapter_main_number":"41","date":"20251026","wall_id":"41"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"503","name":"Power","old_id":"903"},{"term_id":"523","name":"Joseph","old_id":"923"}]},{"order":14,"id":"67744","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"2","name":"The Dreams And Their Interpretation ","post_title":"The Dreams And Their Interpretation","slug":"the-dreams-and-their-interpretation","old_id":"67744","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":46171,"post_title":"Avner Moriah","slug":"avner-moriah","old_id":"46171","first_name":"Avner ","last_name":"Moriah ","description":"Avner Moriah is a prolific Israel artist who has addressed a wide range of Jewish and Israeli themes during the four decades of his artistic journey. Currently, Avner is completing a singular artistic and spiritual feat of illuminating the entire Chumash. The unique illuminated books contain hundreds of original drawings that offer a profound, provocative and humorous perspective. \r\nFor the entire weekly portion series, visit: https:\/\/avnermoriahprints.com\/collections\/parasha\r\nFor more of his work visit: https:\/\/avnermoriah.com\/\r\n","short_description":"Avner Moriah is a prolific Israel artist who is illuminating the entire Chumash.","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":46173,"alt":"","title":"avner moriah","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679.jpg","width":1387,"height":1425,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679-292x300.jpg","medium-width":292,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679-768x789.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":789,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679-997x1024.jpg","large-width":997,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679.jpg","1536x1536-width":1387,"1536x1536-height":1425,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679.jpg","2048x2048-width":1387,"2048x2048-height":1425,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679-1168x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":1168,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/avner-moriah-e1545511134679-409x420.jpg","home_baner-width":409,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"1076","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"And then some savvy advice","post_main_content_content":"

Avner Moriah\u2019s painting visualizes Pharaoh\u2019s disturbing dream about the fat and the lean cows. The Bible tells us that when none of his magicians could interpret Pharaoh\u2019s dreams his chief cupbearer recalled his experience two years earlier when imprisoned with \u201ca Hebrew youth\u201d (Gen 41:12), who correctly interpreted his and the chief baker\u2019s dreams. Pharaoh sent for Joseph and repeated his dreams nearly word for word for the young servant, who not only interpreted them but offered Pharaoh a viable solution.<\/p>\r\n

Why does the biblical text repeat the dreams in detail and not simply note that Pharaoh told Joseph his dreams? How did Joseph, an imprisoned servant, dare to offer the king a solution for his country even before he knew whether Pharaoh had accepted his interpretation?<\/p>\r\n

Avner Moriah suggests some answers using simple patterns for one of the dreams that shrink the repetitions of the fat\/lean narratives. The picture is divided into four squares. The one on the upper right shows Pharaoh lying on a red bed, a servant waving fanning him; we see pyramids in the background painted in dreamy shades of pink and purple against a dark night sky. The scene to the left visualizes Pharaoh\u2019s words about standing on the bank of the Nile \u201cwhen out of the Nile came seven sturdy and well-formed cows and grazed in the reed grass\u201d (Gen. 41:18). These fat cows are painted with black and white checkers.<\/p>\r\n

The square on the lower right shows the lean cows portrayed with yellow and white checkers. The text reads \u201c\u2026seven other cows, scrawny, ill formed and emaciated \u2013 never had I seen their likes for ugliness\u2026\u201d (Gen. 41:19). The last scene to the left shows the lean yellow-checkered cows after they had consumed the fat black-checkered cows, which seem to have shrunk to very small frames inside the lean cows. This image underscores what Pharaoh added in the repetition: \u201cbut when they had consumed them, one could not tell that they had consumed them for they looked just as bad as before\u201d (Gen. 41:21).<\/p>\r\n

In each of the three scenes the changing cows work with the changing mood. The dream scene on the upper right is the most dramatic. The fat cows, upper left, represent the stable present. They shrink to anemic yellow in the lower right against a foreboding gray sky. The lower left represents the confusing reality, where the presumably healthy cows are consumed by the anemic yellow ones with no effect.<\/p>\r\n

Joseph offers his interpretation about the seven years of abundance being followed by seven years of famine. Eager for Pharaoh to understand that God is guiding his words, Joseph adds his advice about storing food during the good years so that it can be made to last for the lean ones. 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This week's parsha begins with Joseph at his lowest point, chained and forgotten in prison. But when Pharaoh is disturbed by two dreams, his butler remembers Joseph is an interpreter and may be able to help explain them. Joseph tells Pharaoh that the dreams contain a prophecy that there will be 7 good years in Egypt, followed by 7 years of drought and famine, but he also tells Pharaoh he has a solution to the problem \u2013 storehouses during the good years to help them survive the bad years. Pharaoh is impressed, and appoints Joseph to be his Prime Minister. Only Pharaoh himself is now more powerful than Joseph.<\/p>\r\n

The famine affects Canaan too, and Joseph\u2019s family struggle, until Jacob sends the ten elder brothers to Egypt to buy sackfuls of food. (Egypt is the only place with extra supplies because of Joseph's plan!) The brothers come before Joseph, but do not recognise him as their brother, because he has now grown up, and is dressed and speaking like an Egyptian. Joseph, however, recognises them immediately.<\/p>\r\n

Without revealing who he is, Joseph creates a situation for the brothers that is designed to test them. He tells them to come back with their youngest brother, Benjamin, and then he accuses Benjamin of stealing from him. The test is this: will they abandon another brother like they abandoned Joseph, or have they learned to be better brothers? We will have to wait until next week's parsha to find out!<\/p>\r\n

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\"And it came to pass at the end of two years, Pharaoh dreamt; and behold, he was standing by the Nile. \u00a0And behold, out of the Nile there came up seven cows, well-favored and fat-fleshed, which grazed among the reed-grass.\" (Genesis 41:1-2)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Seven cows, all fat,
\r\n<\/span>Emerging from Pharaoh's dream,
\r\n<\/span>Come to graze in mine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The cows bring with them
\r\n<\/span>The chief cupbearer's goblet
\r\n<\/span>Filled with vintage wine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They bring three branches
\r\n<\/span>With clusters of purple grapes
\r\n<\/span>From the royal vine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

They bring choice pastries
\r\n<\/span>The chief baker had prepared
\r\n<\/span>On which ravens dine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The cows then lead me
\r\n<\/span>To a field with stalks of wheat,
\r\n<\/span>And a sacred shrine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On seven wheat stalks
\r\n<\/span>Sprout many ears of full grain;
\r\n<\/span>I count forty-nine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Above the cows' shrine
\r\n<\/span>Where they who seek visions pray,
\r\n<\/span>Eleven stars shine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How long can dreams last?
\r\n<\/span>As I awake, I shudder,
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In the dark, rats run;
\r\n<\/span>I hear a jackal's howling
\r\n<\/span>And the grunts of swine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The seven lean years,
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41:9 - The chief cupbearer then spoke up and said to Pharaoh, \u201c<\/span>Et chata-ai ani mazkir hayom <\/span><\/em>- <\/span><\/i>I must make mention today of my offenses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This chapter has the famous quote of the cupbearer above, where he \u201cmakes mention of his offenses,\u201d i.e. - confesses his sins. (For a discussion of the word <\/span>mazkir<\/span><\/em>, \u201cmention\u201d or \u201cremind,\u201d from <\/span>zachar<\/span><\/em>, \u201cremember\u201d - see this column for chapter 40<\/a>). This original publication date of this column began the 10 Days of Repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur, where a central liturgical text is the \u2018<\/em><\/span>al chet<\/span><\/em>, <\/em>\u201cfor the sin\u2026\u201d a form of confessional for all our misdeeds of the past year. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Interestingly, whereas in English the word \u201csin\u201d has weighty metaphysical overtones, the roots of <\/span>chet<\/span><\/em> are in a different place entirely. From this three-letter root we also get the word \u05d4\u05d7\u05d8\u05d9\u05d0 <\/span>hechti<\/span><\/em>, which means to \u201cmiss the mark,\u201d like an arrow missing a target.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If one sees sin not as satanic temptation, or an expression of the evil lurking in our soul, but more our attempt at doing good, where we just ending up being wide of the mark; an error of judgement, oversight or simply coming up short, this may help with the whole process of repenting, of recommitting to doing better. There may not be fewer infractions, but we might despair less of changing our behavior for the better. We\u2019ll get that target next time. <\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":103584,"alt":"","title":"-6248ae0d62f2a--6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim chet.jpg","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg.jpg","width":960,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg.jpg","large-width":960,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg.jpg","1536x1536-width":960,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg.jpg","2048x2048-width":960,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg.jpg","post_full_size-width":960,"post_full_size-height":720,"home_baner":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6248ae0d62f2a-6248ae0d62f2bgen41-milim-chet.jpg-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"

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Pharaoh dreams two spectacular and disturbing dreams (verses 2-7; it\u2019s worth appreciating the words of the text). \u00a0In the first, seven thin cows swallow up seven fat cows. In the second, seven parched sheaves swallow up seven solid and healthy ones. Very Strange!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Pharaoh requests an interpretation of the dreams from \u201call the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men; and Pharaoh told them his dreams, but none could interpret them for Pharaoh.\u201d (Genesis 41:8). The feeling of not knowing where to begin evokes within the chief cupbearer the memory of Joseph and his proven talent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph is taken out of the dungeon and after they clean him up so he can appear before royalty, he presents himself before Pharaoh. This time, too, he does not forget to emphasize that it is not he that interprets dreams. \u00a0It is God: \u201cNot I! God will see to Pharaoh\u2019s welfare\u201d (Genesis 41:16).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The starting point of the interpretation that Joseph evinces is that these are not two separate dreams with different messages but one dream: The seven good and healthy cows\/sheaves are seven years of abundance that Egypt will enjoy in the future. \u00a0And the seven thin and sickly cows\/sheaves are seven years of famine that will occur afterwards. It will be such a bad famine that no memory will be remain of the seven previous good years. Why is the dream repeated? \u201c It means that the matter has been determined by God, and that God will soon carry it out\u201d (Genesis 41:32).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Imagine a moment of silence, after the tough news that the dream conveys. \u00a0Immediately, Joseph continues from interpreting the dream to solving this problem: \u00a0\u201cAccordingly, let Pharaoh find a man of discernment and wisdom, and set him over the land of Egypt\u201d (Genesis 41:33), a man who will make sure over the course of the years of famine that a fifth of all the crops that the kingdom grows will be collected in the royal storehouses. \u00a0\u201cThe plan pleased Pharaoh and all his courtiers.\u201d (Genesis 41:37). Who is the person that should be chosen for the job? Joseph!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joseph no longer returns to the dungeon. \u00a0At that time he is appointed second in command next to the king of Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From this moment until the end of the chapter, he brings about the new economic plan for Egypt. \u00a0During the first seven years, the government purchases the people\u2019s surplus crops which is collected in the storehouses, \u201cproduce in very large quantity, like the sands of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured\u201d (Genesis 41:49) so that during the years of famine the people will have food to eat.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Cows and sheaves of corn: \u00a0Joseph understood that the two dreams are one really one dream. \u00a0They do not just contain cows, a source of protein, but also sheaves, a source of carbohydrates.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. The Egyptian magicians: This is the first time (verse 8) but not the last (wait until the Book of Exodus) that we meet the magicians of Egypt, local sorcerers who have dream interpretation as one of their professional preoccupations.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. The king\u2019s signet ring: In verse 42 Pharaoh removes his ring from his hand and bestows it upon Joseph, a sign of the passing of all his authority to him. If this reminds you of the Book of Esther, you are remembering correctly. Incidentally, there are many other points of similarity between the two stories.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Egyptian fashion: \u00a0He had him dressed in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck\u201d (verse 42).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Zaphenath-paneah: \u00a0Joseph merits a new name (verse 45). If one interprets it according to the Aramaic translations, it means the one who \u201cdecodes hidden secrets,\u201d a name given to him for his skill in interpreting dreams. If one interprets according to the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Bible, it is a confounding of the Egyptian name \u201cPsonthomphanech\u201c which means the one who provides food and sustenance, exactly what Joseph did in the recent years.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  6. Congratulations! \u00a0Joseph marries \u201cAsenath daughter of Poti-phera\u201d (verse 45). \u00a0Is \u201cPoti-phera\u201d simply a common name or is this the Potiphar to whom Joseph was a house servant a few chapters ago? \u00a0It depends whom you ask.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Genesis 41","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Genesis","chapter":"41","chapter_main_number":"41","date":"20251026","wall_id":"41"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"home_posts":false,"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/39557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}