MEVASERETZION ON PARSHAS VAYECHI
[Note: this posting as of January 22nd, 2006. The posting date as it shows is so that it is in the correct parshe-sequitorial order. Before Shmos, in other words.]
Mevaseretzion has post on Parshas Vayechi that is well worth reading:
Here: http://mevaseretzion.blogspot.com/2007/01/vayechi-diversity-of-israel.html
Quote:
"The Midrash Tanchuma points out an interesting oddity. Ya'akov follows birth order in his blessing of his sons, with one exception. Yissachar was older than Zevulun, and yet, the younger is mentioned before the older. The fact is that the two brothers' blessings were intertwined. Zevulun was to provide for the physical maintanance of his brother Yissachar, while the latter provided spiritual sustanence for himself and his supporter. The midrash points out that it was not Yissachar who is mentioned first, but Zevulun, driving home the point that those who provide the physical wherewithal for the study of Torah are the ones who stand first in line to receive the credit."
Click the link to read all of it.
Mevaseretzion has post on Parshas Vayechi that is well worth reading:
Here: http://mevaseretzion.blogspot.com/2007/01/vayechi-diversity-of-israel.html
Quote:
"The Midrash Tanchuma points out an interesting oddity. Ya'akov follows birth order in his blessing of his sons, with one exception. Yissachar was older than Zevulun, and yet, the younger is mentioned before the older. The fact is that the two brothers' blessings were intertwined. Zevulun was to provide for the physical maintanance of his brother Yissachar, while the latter provided spiritual sustanence for himself and his supporter. The midrash points out that it was not Yissachar who is mentioned first, but Zevulun, driving home the point that those who provide the physical wherewithal for the study of Torah are the ones who stand first in line to receive the credit."
Click the link to read all of it.
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