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יג וּלְיוֹסֵ֣ף אָמַ֔ר מְבֹרֶ֥כֶת יְהֹוָ֖ה אַרְצ֑וֹ מִמֶּ֤גֶד שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִטָּ֔ל וּמִתְּה֖וֹם רֹבֶ֥צֶת תָּֽחַת׃

And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the Lord is his land; it is blessed from above, from the sweetness of heaven, from dew, and from below, from the groundwater of the depths lying below; Joseph’s land will abound with water from above and from below;

RASHI

מברכת ה' ארצו.שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה בְנַחֲלַת הַשְּׁבָטִים אֶרֶץ מְלֵאָה כָל טוּב כְּאַרְצוֹ שֶׁל יוֹסֵף (עי' ספרי):

ממגד.לְשׁוֹן עֲדָנִים וּמֶתֶק:

ומתהום.שֶׁהַתְּהוֹם עוֹלֶה וּמְלַחְלֵחַ אוֹתָהּ מִלְּמַטָּה; אַתָּה מוֹצֵא בְכָל הַשְּׁבָטִים בִּרְכָתוֹ שֶׁל מֹשֶׁה מֵעֵין בִּרְכָתוֹ שֶׁל יַעֲקֹב:

DISCUSSION

Of Joseph he said

For various reasons, Joseph, Rachel’s firstborn son, became one of the most prominent tribes. Therefore, the tribe received an especially long blessing. Over the years, the tribe of Joseph had a very large population, and most of the rulers of the Kingdom of Israel were descendants of Joseph. In the Bible, Israel as a whole was called after the tribe of Joseph, e.g., the house of Joseph, the remnant of Joseph (see II Samuel 19:21, and Ralbag ad loc.; Amos 5:15).

יד וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד תְּבוּאֹ֣ת שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וּמִמֶּ֖גֶד גֶּ֥רֶשׁ יְרָחִֽים׃

and from the sweetness of the crops of the sun, that ripen in the sun, and from the sweetness of the yield of the moons, the new fruit that grow every month, by the moon so to speak, each species in its season;

RASHI

וממגד תבואת שמש.שֶׁהָיְתָה אַרְצוֹ פְּתוּחָה לַחַמָּה וּמְמַתֶּקֶת הַפֵּרוֹת (ספרי):

גרש ירחים.יֵשׁ פֵּרוֹת שֶׁהַלְּבָנָה מְבַשַּׁלְתָּן וְאֵלּוּ הֵן קִשּׁוּאִין וּדְלוּעִין; דָּ"אַ — גרש ירחים. שֶׁהָאָרֶץ מְגָרֶשֶׁת וּמוֹצִיאָה מֵחֹדֶשׁ לְחֹדֶשׁ:

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