Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP
Path: utzoo!lsuc!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-gramps!liss
From: liss@gramps.DEC (Frederick R. Liss DTN 237-3649)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: A question on parsha Vayeshev
Message-ID: <1683@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 13:02:18 EST
Article-I.D.: decwrl.1683
Posted: Tue Dec 10 13:02:18 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Dec-85 06:31:43 EST
Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Lines: 29


    	Last weeks parsha, Vayeshev, besides telling about Yosef being 
        betrayed by his brothers also digresses and tells the story of 
        Yehuda, his sons, and Tamar. However, there is another short 
        digression that puzzles me. I will ask the question as best I 
        can without having my chumash in front of me.
    
    	Yosef left his father and went to find his brothers. On his 
        way he was wondering aimlessly through a field when "he met a 
        certain man". This man told Yosef that his brothers were not 
        were they were expected to be. The man then said where they 
        were and Yosef went straight to them.
    
    	I know that there is a great deal of symbolism in this parsha. 
        Yosef was on a spiritual journey and became distracted. This 
        "certain man" guided Yosef back to the correct path. He 
        certainly must have been a wise man to influence Yosef since 
        we know that Yosef was knowledgeable of spiritual matters 
        while his brothers were only interested in physical matters. 
        My question is who is this man and what was it that Yosef was 
        searching for?
    
			Thank you in advance,
					Fred
---
Frederick R. Liss        UUCP ...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-gramps!liss
Digital Equipment Corp.	 ARPA	 liss%gramps.DEC@decwrl.ARPA
333 South St.    Shrewsbury MA, 01545	Mail Stop SHR1-4/D21