© D. Yael Bernhard The story of Joseph is for me the most inspiring of all the tales in the Torah. Back when I was teaching Judaic studies to 3rd and 4th graders at my local synagogue, I nicknamed Genesis "The Book of Siblings" – for sibling dynamics abound, from rivalry to deception to outright betrayal – ending, thank goodness, with the reconciliation of Joseph with his conniving brothers at the end of the book, and moving on to cooperation between Moses and his siblings in the Book of Exodus. Taken together, the arc of these narratives bends from conflict toward peace.
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© D. Yael Bernhard The story of Joseph is for me the most inspiring of all the tales in the Torah. Back when I was teaching Judaic studies to 3rd and 4th graders at my local synagogue, I nicknamed Genesis "The Book of Siblings" – for sibling dynamics abound, from rivalry to deception to outright betrayal – ending, thank goodness, with the reconciliation of Joseph with his conniving brothers at the end of the book, and moving on to cooperation between Moses and his siblings in the Book of Exodus. Taken together, the arc of these narratives bends from conflict toward peace.