[Avodah] A few Notes on Parshas Vaychi

[SBA]

48:22 Rashi dh: 'V'ani nosati lecho Shechem Echad al Achecho"
"Shechem mamash hi tihyeh lecho chelek echad yesero al achecho".

It occured to me(and I presume someone MUST have thought of this before me)
that as Yosef - was married to Osnas - who was the daughter of Dinah and
Shechem ben Chamor (according to Targum Yonoson), Yaakov thought it would be
only right to hand over the land of his (Yosef's) father-in-law to his
descendents..

(I drafted the above a few weeks ago and have since been searching -
wherever I could - to see if anyone else has said this. I found nothing
until early this week when I was in London for a simcha that I looked into
my host's Yalkut Meam Loez - who more or less writes this beshem unnamed
'meforshim'.)
==

Rashi dh: 'Becharbi ubekashti' - writes that Yaakov had to battle Shechem's
neighbours after Shimon and Levi wiped out the population there.
This seems to contradict the posuk in Vayishlach 35:5 "Vayhi chitas Elokim
al ha'orim asher sevivoseihem - velo rodfu achrei Bnei Yaakov"  ??

==

Interesting Baal Haturim 49:1
"Bikesh Yaakov legalos lohem haKetz venistam mimeno.
Omar Yaakov: 'shemo yesh bochem Chet?'
Omru lo: 'tedakdek bishmoseinu velo timtzo bohem osiyos 'CHeT'(ches tes)'.
Omar lohem: 'Gam ein bohem osiyos KeTZ (kuf tzaddik)..."

==

And the first to give a stipend to  Kollelniks !

Baal HaTurim (49:15) writes that not only did Zevulun teach Torah to Klal
Yisroel - but he also paid all those who came to learn...

==

And another very interesting BhT 50:15 (also 50:25). 
Too long to quote, but worth looking up.

SBA
sba at sba2.com