Grave
Yosef ben Yaakov Avinu
Yosef HaTzadik
Yahrzeit (Hillula)
- 1 Iyar — Rabbi Yosef Yaakov Sabatka - Yosef Yoske of Dubno
The 1st of Tammuz is the yahrzeit of Yosef ben Yaakov Avinu.
Yosef - when he was released from prison, he received the gilgul of the soul of Chanoch ben Yered (who became the angel Metatron).
This level of soul had been part of Adam but was not condemned to share in his sin.
This lofty level of soul granted Yosef the beauty of Adam. That same night, the angel Gavriel appeared before Yosef and taught him 70 languages (Sha'ar HaGilgulim, hakdama 31).
The soul of Yosef returned as one of the Asara Harugei Malchut (the Ten Martyrs) — an episode that occurred after the destruction of the Second Temple.
Rabbi Yishmael Kohen HaGadol was a reincarnation of Yosef; (the Arizal)
Osnat descended from the union of Shechem ben Chamor and Dina bat Yaakov; she married Yosef HaTzadik, and from their union Ephraim was born. From this union Mashiach ben Yosef will descend.
