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Get StartedJoseph’s Two Fathers (Part 2 of 5)
The Exodus Story That Could Have Been
Every year at the Seder, there’s a temptation to focus on the small stories in the beginning of the Haggadah. But by the time you get to the Exodus story, everyone’s tired and wants to get to the meal. As a result, many of the key questions about the story are missed. Join Rabbi Fohrman as he explores some of these key questions in the Haggadah’s telling of the Exodus story, and never think of the Seder the same way again.
In his second course, Rabbi Fohrman examines the text describing the death and burial of Jacob, showing how both Jacob and Pharaoh are father figures to Joseph. Looking through this lens, Joseph’s act of burying his father in Canaan, instead of Egypt, appears to be an even more significant event.
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