This mini-series explores how Yosef, Menashe, Ephraim, and Binyamin embody the dark mystery, beauty, and danger of their mother, and how each's nachalot (tribal allotments) suit their tribal character.
Tamar Weissman is a tour guide and lecturer in Tanach and Eretz Israel studies. Her first book, Tribal Lands: The Twelve Tribes of Israel in their Ancestral Territories, explores the personalities of the shevatim and why each was granted his specific nahalah. She has just finished her second book "The Bible's Wild Child," on midrashic patterns in the Book of Shoftim. Tamar and her family practice sustainable agriculture on their farm in the Galil. Follow her adventures on Instagram @weissmanfarm or Facebook @משק וייסמן
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October 27, 2025
Source Material: Menashe: From Galut to Geulah (PDF)
