Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Megillah 32:6

תעלא מאי בצירותיה מאחווה אלא אי איתמר הכי איתמר (בראשית מז, לא) וישתחו ישראל על ראש המטה אמר רבי בנימין בר יפת אמר רבי אלעזר תעלא בעידניה סגיד ליה

[You compare Joseph to] a fox! How was he inferior to his brothers? Rather if this was said [by R. Eleazar] it was applied as follows: “And Israel bowed down upon the bed’s head” (Genesis 47:31). R. Benjamin b. Japhet said in the name of R. Eleazar: A fox in its hour — bow down to it.

Rashi on Megillah

A fox: You called Yosef [that] before his brothers? What is his inferiority to his brothers?
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