Questions tagged [vayechi]

The weekly Torah portion of Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)

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Why is 'shiloh' read as if it were transcribed 'shelloh' by Onkelos in Genesis 49:10 when the Masoretes transcribed it differently?

B'reshit 49:10 was the first text discussed in the Disputation of Barcelona (July 20-24, 1263), a formal debate ordered by the king between representatives of Christianity and Judaism regarding whether the Moshiach had come. This indicates how…
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