General Overview: This week's Torah reading, Vayechi, discusses
Jacob's final years. Shortly before his passing, Jacob blesses Joseph's
children as well as his own. A massive funeral procession escorts
Jacob's body to Canaan. The reading, and the Book of Genesis, concludes
with Joseph's death.
Aliya Summary: Jacob lived his
last seventeen years in Egypt. When Jacob sensed that his days were
numbered he summoned Joseph and asked him to promise that he would bury
him in Israel. Joseph acceded to the request. When Jacob then fell ill,
Joseph visited him, accompanied by his two sons, Menashe and Ephraim.
Jacob conferred upon Ephraim and Menashe the status of tribal
progenitors, a status hitherto enjoyed only by Jacob's sons. Joseph
asked his father to bless Ephraim and Menashe.
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