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A desperate woman dresses up as a prostitute and seduces her unwitting father-in-law in order to conceive and bear the child that he had promised. This most unlikely of unions produces a succession of generations that leads to King David, and from him, the Messianic line. How could this be, that our redeemer is the result of such an encounter? It sounds more appropriate for a reality show than a Biblical narrative. And yet it is right here, in Parshat Vayeshev where the Torah interrupts the telling of the selling of Yosef with this saga, the Torah’s roadmap towards Jewish redemptive destiny is told. What is the message?
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