[Avodah] Yosef and his brothers

[Richard Wolberg]

Toby Katz wrote:
This reminds me of something striking that I always think about this  
time  of
year, when we read the whole Yosef story. That is, when Yosef is set  
upon by
his brothers, put in a pit, and then sold -- the Torah doesn't say a  
peep
about  how Yosef reacted to all this at the time, whether he said  
anything,
fought back  or what.  He's just -- silent.  The emotional tone of  
the  sale is
flat.

This is not at all uncommon throughout the Torah.  When Yitzchok is  
about to be sacrificed, the Torah doesn't say a peep about how he  
reacted; when Aaron loses Nadav and Avihu, he too, is silent.

Best regards/kol tuv,
ri
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