A dramatic refusal made by this character is sung out via a shalshelet cantillation on the word vayma'ein, in parshat Vayeshev.
A dramatic refusal made by this character is sung out via a shalshelet cantillation on the word vayma'ein, in parshat Vayeshev. Some observant Jews recognize this man's birthday on the 1st of Tammuz. While being blessed, this man is compared to a "strong bow" and a "fruitful vine near a spring." Just before a sura called "The Thunder," this man's story is told start to end by Sura 12 of the Qur'an, which, unusually, was revealed in one sitting. A Lithuanian Jew named after this figure wrote the Beis Halevi and began the Soloveitchik dynasty of rabbis; another (*) Soloveitchik of this same given name moved from Boston to run Yeshiva University in 1941. Islamic tradition gave the name Zuleika to a woman who tried to seduce this man, whom the Bible just calls "Potiphar's wife". This father of Ephraim and Manasseh has a talent for interpreting dreams. For 10 points, name this favorite son of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
A dramatic refusal made by this character is sung out via a shalshelet cantillation on the word vayma'ein, in parshat Vayeshev.
Joseph [or Yosef; or Yusuf]