Concepts
Yosef is sold by his brothers
Story of Yehudah and Tamar
Yosef’s life in Mitzraim
People
Yaacov
Yosef
Yehudah
Reuven
Tamar
Potiphar and his wife
Paroh’s butler and baker
Places
Land of Canaan
Mitzraim
Year from Creation
Timeline
Yaacov gifts special garment to Yosef... Yosef sold into slavery when he was 17... Brothers show the torn “special garment” to Yaacov... Leah dies
2217 Yosef serves Potiphar for one year
2218 Yosef begins time in prison
The baker and cupbearer enter prison... at end of year the baker is released and the cupbearer is killed Tamar marries Er, first-born son of Yehudah
Sedra-Stats
9th of the 54 sedras; 9th of 12 in Sefer Bereshis
Written on 190 lines in a Sefer Torah; 28th of 54
4 parshios: 3 open, 1 closed
Comparison to the other sedras:
112 pesukim – 24th of 54 (8th of 12 in Bereshis)
1558 words – 24th of 54 (8th of 12 in Bereshis)
5972 letters – 24th of 54 (8th of 12 in Bereshis)
Mitzvos: no Mitzvos in this Parsha
We Learn from This Parsha
One should cast oneself into a burning furnace rather than shaming someone in public.
We learn this from Tamar who did not name him as the father of her children.
