tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post1235321772415906795..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Did Yosef Actually Ask About Their Father And Brother, As Yehuda Claimed?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-72250718529171396322018-12-24T01:05:49.019-05:002018-12-24T01:05:49.019-05:00Perhaps using the wording that they did in 43:7 in...Perhaps using the wording that they did in 43:7 in answering Yaakov, it was to justify themselves to him, especially in the face of his scathing criticism in the previous pasuk of their having revealed the information to Yosef. The way Yaakov asked the question seems to have allowed this response, in that he didn't ask "why did you volunteer the information in the first place?", but he asked "why did you tell him?", perhaps having forgotten their original wording; this is supported by the fact that he seemed to accept their answer that it was in response to Yosef's question.<br /><br />Perhaps once they had given that version of the events to Yaakov, they somehow convinced themselves that that's what had really happened, so that Yehuda was able to use exactly the same language to Yosef as he had to Yaakov.<br /><br />Mark Symonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395315647807286847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-71470624228360499802018-12-24T00:46:35.752-05:002018-12-24T00:46:35.752-05:00"Alef het mem" is an abbreviation for Ab..."Alef het mem" is an abbreviation for Abraham Hai Mainster (1816-1882), a student of Shadal at the Collegio Rabbinico of Padua who subsequently served as rabbi in several small Italian communities. Shadal was fond of citing his students in his commentaries, and Mainster is one of the most frequently cited.Daniel A. Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-76296243837191158042008-12-29T13:48:00.000-05:002008-12-29T13:48:00.000-05:00thanks.and I don't know. but everyone nowadays cal...thanks.<BR/>and I don't know. but everyone nowadays calls him Chizkuni, so that's good enough for me, regardless. :)joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-10791333804807121152008-12-29T11:10:00.001-05:002008-12-29T11:10:00.001-05:00Speaking of Chizkuni, what gives. Is it Chizkuni o...Speaking of Chizkuni, what gives. Is it Chizkuni or Chazakuni?Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-51468167924958878802008-12-29T11:10:00.000-05:002008-12-29T11:10:00.000-05:00Ohev Ger's Italian name was actually Filosseno; in...Ohev Ger's Italian name was actually Filosseno; in his scholarly publications, Ohev Ger/ Filosseno used Philoxenus, the Latinized equivalent. (Philoxenus had also been the Latin title of Ohev Ger, the book.)Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.com