The High Priest and Joseph the Righteous: I’m too sexy for my clothes….

(4) And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a tunic of chequer work, a mitre, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto Me in the priest’s office.

(7) In the morning he would wear Pelusian linen worth twelve maneh; at dusk, Indian linen worth eight hundred zuz, the words of Rabbi Meir. The Sages say: in the morning he would wear [garments] worth eighteen maneh and at dusk [garments] worth twelve maneh, altogether thirty maneh. These [costs] were [borne by] the community, and if he wanted to add [to them], he would add from his own [assets].

They say about Rabbi Elazar ben Harsom, that his mother made for him a kutonet worth two thousand [maneh] but his brother-priests would not allow him to wear it because he appeared to be naked. Could you really see [through the fabric]? The Master has said it was a six-thread weave! Abbaya says it was like seeing wine in a glass. [ie the silhouette was visible]

Our teachers say: a rich person, a poor person, and a wicked person come to face judgement…..

And to a wicked person they say “Why did you not occupy yourself with Torah?” If he says “I was good looking and involved with my yetzer.” They would say “Were you better looking than Joseph?"

It’s said about Joseph HaTzaddik that every day the wife of Potiphar would seduce him with words [/things.] The clothes she wore in the morning she would not wear at night [ie she wore different ones] and those she wore at night she would not wear in the night.

She said to him “Surrender to me!” he said “No!” She said “I will put you into prison!” He said “God frees the bound”. She said I will bend you over”. He said “God straightens the bent”. She said “I will blind your eyes.” He said “He gives sight to the blind”.

She gave him a thousand silver bars if he would sleep with her, to lie with her, to be with her. But he didn’t want to listen to her, to sleep with her in this world, to be with her in the world to come.

Hillel is found obligating the poor, Rabbi Eliezer ben Harsom obligates the rich, and Joseph obligates the wicked.

And he made for him a k'tonet passim. Resh Lakish, in the name of R Elazar ben Azaria said: One should not treat one of his sons differently, for because of the ketonet passim his father Ya'akov made for Yosef, they hated him. . ..

פסים passim, for it reached the palm פס of his hand.

Another explanation: for it was exceedingly thin and light and could be hidden in the palm of a hand.

פסים, for they cast lots (פיס, post biblical Hebrew) over it for which of them would take it to his father, and selected Y'hudah.

פסים on account of the troubles that overtook him: פ Potifar, ס sochrim, "traders," י Yishm'elim, מ Midyanim.

(8) And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats: one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for Azazel.

“And his master’s wife lifted up her eyes” Genesis 39:7) What does it say just before this? “Joseph was well built and handsome” (Genesis 37:6) [He was] like a man who stands in the market, making up his eyes, curling his hair, and lifting his heels saying ‘I am so good looking! So impressive! Such a hero!’ They say to him: ‘If you’re such a hero, look, there’s a bear! Go and attack it!'

Whoever angers his friend, even with words, has to appease him

Rabbi Shimon said: There are three crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood and the crown of monarchy - but the crown of a good name outweighs them all.