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Vayigash: substitutiary sacrifice

 

The Parsha  has a very human perspective.  People make choices.  Gd is in the background.  In dreams.

 

When Yehudah confronts Joseph,  he offers himself as a substitution for Benjamin.  He offers himself as a sacrifice.  He adopts the role of Isaac.

The Priest-King of Nemi, the guardian of the Golden Bough can only be usurped by a runaway slave.  The kings of Israel come from  runaway slaves.  Moses.  Joshua, the descendant  of Joseph.  Now Judah offers himself as a slave and his descendants become Kings.

 

prior  years: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=d4hmw97_170hp5pr5dc&hl=en

 

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=d4hmw97_171f6tn3sgh&hl=en