"Compare and Despair": Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses on Parshat Vayeshev, 5782
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Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses explores the widespread human habit of comparing ourselves to one another, ranking ourselves and the other person ---to our detriment or to the detriment of the other person. This process takes a terrible toll on the Israelite family; Jacob explicitly favors Joseph--through the gift of the multi-color coat-- leading to Joseph's brothers feeling undervalued and their lethal jealousy.
