House of Joseph

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House of Joseph

House of Joseph

A term for the tribes of Israel. Also: the name of a halakhic book by Rabbi Yosef Karo.

("And Joshua said to the House of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying: ‘You are a great people and have great strength; you shall not have a single lot’" – Joshua 17:17)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֵּית יוֹסֵף

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּינוּי לְשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְכֵן: שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל סֵפֶר הִלְכָתִי שֶׁל רַבִּי יוֹסֵף קָארוֹ.

("וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל בֵּית יוֹסֵף לְאֶפְרַיִם וְלִמְנַשֶּׁה לֵאמֹר עַם רַב אַתָּה וְכֹחַ גָּדוֹל לָךְ לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ גּוֹרָל אֶחָד" – יְהוֹשֻׁעַ י״ז י״ז)

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