A dark moment in Torah, like an honor killing?, we have to wait for a redemptive pathway to begin ....as when Joseph married his niece, Asenath. Simeon and Levi decided to kill Shechem and all the men of the village, who had stood silently by while Shechem committed this injustice. Living in modern society, so many times we are tempted and wonder: is there a different set of laws for the rich and poor? Rochel Holzkenner is a mother of four children and the co-director of Chabad of Las Olas, Florida, serving the community of young professionals. [1][2], "Asenath" or "Osnat" (Hebrew: אָסְנַת‎, Modern: Osnát, Tiberian: ʾåsənaṯ) is a commonly used female first name in present-day Israel.

Any woman who has experienced sexual abuse understands the depth of affliction unleashed from one mere act of violation. I read through it, as well. These references show an extensive knowledge of late Egyptian theology. In another tradition, Jacob saw with the spirit of divine inspiration that Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite, would erect (statues of) calves, incite Israel to engage in idolatry, and cause five hundred thousand of Israel to fall in a single day (as is related in II Chron. She didn’t wait for him to come home and possibly feel rejected by Rachel. That’s a difficult balance to maintain.
Her brothers wanted to put her to death because illegitimate children were not tolerated in the house of Jacob. Clearly, Leah was outgoing in the most noble way. Daughter of Jacob and Lea Sheldon, i respect your comment. How could he have loved her? How did the tale evolve? Joseph, who was already a viceroy to the king, met her and was impressed by her commitment to her faith, even in Egypt. Asenath took her portion and gave it to Benjamin, as did Ephraim and Manasseh. Jacob made her an amulet and sent her away. Thus, Joseph married Asenath daughter of Poti-phera, and Joshua son of Nun, who was a chieftain of the tribe of Ephraim (Num. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Batiffol thinks that this refers to the rabbinic view that she was the daughter of Dinah; but the allusion is rather vague. The Rebbe argues that the feminine model of leadership is even more effective than the typical masculine model of leadership, which tends to be more domineering and authoritarian. Each of Jacob’s sons was born together with his future spouse, except for Joseph, who was not born together with his mate, since Asenath daughter of Dinah was fit to be his wife. While in the Midrash and Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, she is said to be the daughter of Dinah, Joseph's sister, and Shechem, born of an illicit union, described as either premarital sex or rape, depending on the narrative. Thanks. The short recension is the oldest and is witnessed to by two Greek manuscripts and the Slavonic version. Joseph brought before him Asenath and her ketubah (marriage contract) and said (Gen. 48:9): “They are my sons, whom God has given me here [ba-zeh, literally, with this]”: “with this”—with a ketubah and proper marriage.

January 19, 2018 at 11:36 am Reply. It was Asenath, the daughter of Dinah and Shechem, who raised these two child prodigies all alone in Egypt. Joseph and Asenath is thus seen to be valuable evidence for the "mystical Judaism," whose existence has been the subject of much controversy. Enter your email address to get our weekly email with fresh, exciting and thoughtful content that will enrich your inbox and your life. Asenath is also the name of a character in H. P. Lovecraft's short story, "The Thing on the Doorstep.". Reply, Dinah: the woman who made a difference-Rochel Hotzkenner Watch your kids as Deuteronomy 6:6,7 tells you to do. site design / logo © 2020 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under cc by-sa. What did he say to her? They ask him a rhetorical question that embodies the high price they were willing to pay for their sister’s protection: “Shall he make our sister like a harlot?”, And yet, amidst the tragic circumstances, Dinah still managed to be quite influential. The author of Joseph and Asenath is clearly aware of the theory of Asenath's Jewish origin, but implicitly rejects it. God dispatched the angel Michael to bring her to the house of Poti-phera in Egypt; according to yet another tradition, Dinah left Asenath on the wall of Egypt. Eisenstein], p. 474). "Asenath: Midrash and Aggadah." However, I am not certain that God sees it that way. And he gave him Os'nat whom Dina bore to Sh'khem, and was raised by the wife of Poti-Phera. Reply, Should our sister be treated as a Zona I usually don't have the patience to sit and read long ones, but I never knew how much there is to know about Dina!

The bible does not say that Dinah was pregnant, nor with child when they brought her home. When was Leah outgoing?

More striking is it that Simeon and Levi, the two avengers of Dinah, accompany Asenath and Joseph, and play a prominent part as the protectors of Asenath in the event that follows. The angel Michael then picked up Asenath and brought her to Egypt, where she was raised by Potiphar's wife (who was barren), and was later given to Joseph as a wife. She went out to Jacob not only to be considerate of his dignity, but also because she was eager for the opportunity to conceive another child and increase the number of the Israelite tribes. When Jacob told Shimon and Levi that their slaughter made him "an offensive stink" to all the peoples roundabout they answered. Buber], 28:5, based on Josh. Reply, Didn't Sarah influence Abraham to have offspring with Hagar and later regret it?You see that self doubt in Sarah that God meant for her to have offspring, that same self doubt Satan the snake had planted in the Garden of Eden when he said to Eve, "Did God really say that you can't eat of this tree? Still can't understand why some of God's people choose to hate rather than love others as themselves. Ultimately, she always influenced other people to become more spiritually sensitive. Jacob asked (v. 8): “Who are these?”, that is, how were these born? Jacob set the barre very high when he demanded that the whole of Shechem become circumcised, that is amazing even til this day that they agreed ... yet, when Simeon and Levi murdered, was this an unnecessary act of pride/machismo? Credit: … There is an interesting story that sheds light on this question. Reply, Thank you for this insightful and wonderfully written piece. “Like mother, like daughter!”.

God directed matters so that Joseph would find a wife when he went down to Egypt, and Asenath was suitable for him (Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer [ed. Yes, the circumcision was strategic, but it was also a rectification for the people of Shechem. Was this overlooked by the Old Testament writers? However, Jacob did not want to kill the newborn. Jacob’s sons wanted to kill the infant, lest it be said that there was harlotry in the tents of Jacob.


Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her; and he abducted her, lay with her and afflicted her.

She is a high-school teacher and a freelance writer—and a frequent contributor to Chabad.org. She was taken without her consent!Reason they use words like harlot was that Shechem after raping her wanted to marry her.I know what date rape is as I experienced it.

keeping Dinah's pregnancy a secret, Jacob had her child taken to Egypt to his friend. ... Now the tribe wants war with Syria. He is then "renewed," "reformed," and "revivified" (8:11; 15:4). Besides for Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer (35 and 37 in ed. The bloodline comes from the Father,not the mother.

Aseneth is the daughter of Dinah..Blood of Jacob...grafted into the vine by divine province, In reply to Aseneth is the daughter of by Anonymous, Your rabbies wrote these wrong history to prove that asenath was a jew. “And Dinah gave birth to a daughter and named her Asenat, saying, `To my woe did I bear her for Shechem the son of Chamor who had taken me by force to his house’” (Midrash Esther). “And Dinah gave birth to a daughter and named her Asenat, saying, `To my woe did I bear her for Shechem the son of Chamor who had taken me by force to his house’” (Midrash Esther). Reply, Walking in the garden .... Dinah was “the daughter of Leah whom she bore to Jacob.” Why is her relationship with Jacob mentioned as a mere byproduct of her being her mother’s daughter? How do you understand this Rashi? Why does T S Eliot use "he do" in The Rum Tum Tugger? Does she have to relinquish the glory that comes from living a more private life? Eventually, Joseph’s sons merited to head their own tribes, something that was reserved for the sons of Jacob and not his grandchildren. An informative of wonderful chiddush, thank you Rochel! Reply, Beautiful article! There is an English translation by E.W. Rashi sees a significant connection between the description of Dinah as “the daughter of Leah” (and not Jacob) and the mention of her “going out to see the daughters of the land.” He explains: Because of her going out, she is called “the daughter of Leah.” For [Leah], too, was an “outgoer,” as it is written, “Leah went out to greet him” (Genesis 30:16). [The punishment was] that she fell into the hands of Shechem. She may be considered a "promiscuous" woman who gives of her body too freely what we call a "cheap" woman even if she's an expensive prostitute. Thanks for sharing your comments. I am not convinced of Rochel HOtzkenner's assumption that Dinah was raped. Consequently, she was called “Asenath daughter of Poti-phera,” for she was raised in the home of Poti-phera and his wife, as if she were their own daughter. It's pretty clear from most of the Bible that descent follows the father's line. The same Midrash discloses that when “Yaakov saw that his sons regard Asenat with hostility, he took a gold medal and wrote upon it the Holy Name and placed on her neck.”  With that Asenat left Yaakov’s household and the Almighty guided her to the house of Seleikha, wife of Potiphar. Wow so many folks get scared of the thought that Asenath the Egyptian could possibly be Black (like Moses wife). Buber], Gen. 41:45). Reply, Dinah: The woman who made a difference by Rochel Hotzkenner Then just for the sake of their potential typo, I went and looked in II Chronicles, and there's nothing there either. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan solves the problem by making Asenath the daughter of Dinah, who was raped by Shechem (Gen. 34:1–3). In the Book of Jubilees, she is said to be given to Joseph to marry by Pharaoh, a daughter of Potiphar, a high priest of Heliopolis, with no clarification as to whether or not this Potiphar is the same Potiphar whose wife falsely accused Joseph of attempting to rape her. Dina was in no way a consensual partner, she was raped against her will. However this statement is incorrect: "Asenath raised her children in accordance with the tenants of Judaism." For her, King David’s “inwardness” doesn’t mean staying inside the house as much as it means staying true to herself. A type of non-halakhic literary activitiy of the Rabbis for interpreting non-legal material according to special principles of interpretation (hermeneutical rules). Asenath (ib.) How could he have loved her?the consent of her father, Jacob. ( Log Out /  "Dinah's going out was at her own expense it seems?Absalom raped his sister and she didn't go out?Yet David cried for him. For this Jacob was punished, for had he not withheld her from his brother, perhaps she would have brought Esau back to the proper path. "Saw her; and he abducted her, lay with her and afflicted her. Shabat Shalom “And Yaakov’s sons came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and agonized in fury because he had committed a despicable deed against Israel by laying Yaakov’s daughter – a thing not to be done” (Bereshit 34:7). Although the author's style is restricted, the literary structure of Joseph and Asenath is sophisticated. The neophyte eats "the bread of life," drinks from "the cup of immortality," and is annointed with the "unction of incorruptibility" (15:4). Peace and love. Paraoh, in elevating Yosef to an exalted position, makes two ceremonial gestures.

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