Yehuda's sons

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1. These are the Names of the Children of Israel – Names and Numbers

   Parashat Vayigash

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   Parashat Vayigash counts Yaakov's sons who descend to Egypt. 69 people are named; why, then, does the Torah state that 70 of Yaakov's descendants went to Egypt? Additionally, women are rarely mentioned in the list - is it possible that no daughters were born to the House of Yaakov? And how did Yehuda's family grow so fast in such a short amount of time? Apparently the number 70 is not realistic. The number is symbolic, and its purpose is to compare the descendants to Egypt with the settlers of the land and the nations of the world.

2. Yehuda, Yaakov, and Sons

   Rabbi David Silverberg

3. Yehuda - The Making of a Biblical Hero

   Rabbi Alex Israel

   תאריך פרסום: 5777 | | Hour and 10 minutes

   We will be discussing the Yehuda and Tamar episode, the essential story to understand Yehuda as a leader, and to understand the forefathers and Bereisheet as a whole. We explore some perplexing questions about this story, and seek to understand the strange behavior of all involved. How does this story fit in with the sale of Yosef, and which event came first? The juxtaposition of these stories provides perspective on the ultimate leadership roles of Yosef and Yehuda, and teaches important lessons about taking responsibility.

4. Parshat Vayeshev - The Birth of Paretz

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 35 minutes

   People often refer to the "story of Yehuda and Tamar." But perhaps the story should be understood a bit differently: "the story of the trials and travails of Yehuda."

   How does this story connect to the larger picture of Chumash at this time? We look at the end of Chapter 38 – the internal difficulty ends with the story of  the birth of twins to Tamar. The content and language echoes another story where younger replaces the older: its literary parallel is the story of Yaakov and Esav. But when we look closer, we find another parallel - between Yehuda and Yosef, both of whom have exile stories with challenges of a similar nature, and both of whose descendants become kings of Israel.