[Avodah] asara harugei malchut and mechirat yosef

[Eli Turkel]

Over tisha Baav I read several midrashim that make clear that asara harugei
malchut was a kapara for the sale of yosef

1. Medrash Ele ezkarah (anyone know anything about it?)

The Caeser is learning Torah and learns about kidnapping
He send a message to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel asking the punishment
for a kidnapper
they answer - death. In that case he answers they deserve death for the sale
of yosef and gave them 3 days for an answer.
Yishmael Cohen Gadol goes to heaven and meets MeTatron. MetTaron asks what
difference it makes and Yishmael answers that if it is not decreed from heaven
he will use the Shem Hameforash to save everyone.
Metratron explains there was a debate before Hashem.
Samuel (angel of Rome) said the sons of Jacob sold Yosef and were never punished
In response G-d decreed that the 10 chachamim would be killed.
No generation had 10 sages worthy enough to be a substitute for the brothers

When he returned the 10 were happy and mournful - mournful because they were
to die but happy that they were considered equals of the 10 tribes

2. Rabbenu Bachya = Bereshit 44:17, Bereshit 50:17, Bereshit 38:1
Connects ketonet hapasim with a bodily punishment which ened up on the 10 sages.
The word "anashim" appears 10 times n the parsha as a remez to the 10
harugei malchut

Yosef never gave mechila to his brothers and so they died in sin and
so the need for the death of the 10 sages

He then asks that only 9 brothers sinned since reuven was not in the conspiracy.
He answers that the 10th brother is Yosef!!
He caused the whole story by his behavior and so he also deserved a punishment
Another answer is that Reuven was included because of the sin with
Bilhah not the sin with Yosef

3. Tikunei Zohar p110

The 10 harugei malchut were copies (diyuknayhu) of the sons of Yaakov
Yosef was punished also in that he should have had 10 tribes from his
descendants

4. R Chaim Vital parshat Vayeshev

Reuven looked with ruach Hakodesh that the 10 harugei malchut were to
be killed for
the sin of selling Yosef by his brothers and G-d would avenge on them

-- 
Eli Turkel