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Joseph’s descendants said to him: We are of the descendants of Joseph, upon whom the evil eye had no dominion, as it is written: “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain [alei ayin]” (Genesis 49:22), and R' Abbahu states a homiletic interpretation: Do not read it as “alei ayin,” ra
R' Yosei, son of R' Ḥanina, said that a proof for the notion that the evil eye holds no sway over Joseph and his descendants, is from here, Jacob’s blessing of Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh: “The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named in them, and th
§ The Talmud analyzes the next section of the baraita, which states: With regard to the 12 spies sent to survey Eretz Yisrael prior to the Jewish people’s entry into the land, Joshua and Caleb took all of the spies’ portions of the land. The Talmud asks: From where is this matter derived? Ulla said:
The baraita teaches that the protesters and the assembly of Korah did not possess a portion of Eretz Yisrael. The Talmud asks: But isn’t it taught otherwise in a baraita: With regard to the spies, the protesters, and the assembly of Korah, Joshua and Caleb took their portions of the land? Apparentl
The Talmud quotes a related baraita. As it is taught in a baraita that the verse quotes the daughters of Zelophehad: “Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the assembly of them that gathered themselves together against YHWH in the assembly of Korah, but he died in his own sin; and