The Psychology of Shame: Volume 6, Issue 10, Vayigash
- Sefas Tamim
- Dec 25, 2025
- 1 min read
December 27, 2025; 7 Teves, 5786 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
When Yosef sends his brothers back to Canaan to bring Yaakov to him, he tells the brothers, "Do not quarrel on the way." Rashi explains this in several ways including the following: "According to the simple meaning of the verse, we can say that since they were ashamed, he was concerned that they would perhaps quarrel on the way about his being sold, debating with one another, and saying, 'Because of you he was sold. You slandered him and caused us to hate him.'"
This commentary by Rashi shows a deep awareness of how integrity can be undermined...