Mother of Zion, Daughter of Zion
Destiny is calling and the discomfort of masses seeking our marginalization and disenfranchisement is just a means to remind us we have been all around the globe, and there is no place like home.
Destiny is calling and the discomfort of masses seeking our marginalization and disenfranchisement is just a means to remind us we have been all around the globe, and there is no place like home.

Alhough the Gemara states that only 3 men are the fathers of Israel, nonetheless, Yoseph has the leadership aspect of paternity of Israel,

Others may love and be impressed by Jerusalem. But only the Jewish people have been inextricably bound up with the city for 3000 years.

Young Relgious Zionist scholars write on the Land of Israel: 'Why does the midrash compare Joseph's life to the events that occur to Zion?'

The story of Jacob's sojourn outside of Israel is written as one long story in the Torah, without division into smaller parshiyot.
