He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to point the way before him to Goshen. So when they came to the region of Goshen,
לפניו BEFORE HIM — means before he should arrive there. A Midrashic comment is: להורת לפניו (in the sense of, “that there might be teaching before him”) — to establish for him a House of Study from which Teaching (הוראה or תורה) might go forth (Genesis Rabbah 95:3).
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Another matter, “he sent Judah before him.” Rabbi Ḥanina son of Rabbi Aḥa, and Rabbi Ḥanina, one said: To arrange a residence for him. And one said: To arrange an academy in which he would teach Torah matters and in which the tribes would study. Know that it is so; when Joseph departed from him, he knew at which chapter that he was teaching him he left him. When Joseph’s brothers came to him and said to him: “Joseph is still alive… his heart was faint [because he did not believe them]” (Genesis 45:26). He remembered at which chapter he left him, and said to himself: I know that it was at the chapter of the beheaded calf [egla arufa] that Joseph left me. He said to them: ‘If you know at what chapter Joseph left me, I will believe you.’ Joseph, too, knew at what chapter he left him. What did Joseph do? He gave them wagons [agalot], as it is stated: “Joseph gave them wagons by Pharaoh’s order” (Genesis 45:21). This is to teach you that everywhere Jacob would settle he would study Torah, just as his fathers would.
At this point, the Torah had not been given, but it is written of Abraham: “[Because Abraham heeded My voice,] and he kept My charge, [My commands, My decrees, and My Torahs]” (Genesis 26:5) – from where did Abraham learn the Torah? Rabban Shimon says: His two kidneys became like two jugs of water and they would gush Torah. From where is it derived that it is so? As it is stated: “Even on nights [my kidneys] instruct me” (Psalms 16:7). Rabbi Levi said: He studied Torah on his own, as it is stated: “The dissembler in his heart shall have his fill from his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied from himself” (Proverbs 14:14). Rabbi Yonatan Sar HaBira said: Abraham knew even the joining of cooked foods, as it is stated: “Because Abraham heeded…” (Genesis 26:5).
How old was Abraham when he recognized his Creator? He recognized his Creator at the age of forty-eight years old. Reish Lakish said: At the age of three years old, as “ekev” is written, the numerical value of ekev, and Abraham lived one hundred and seventy-five years. You learn from this that at age three, he recognized his Creator. He would observe the details of the Torah and would teach his children, as it is stated: “For I have loved him, [so that he will command his children and his household after him and they will observe the way of the Lord]” (Genesis 18:19). The Holy One blessed be He said to him: ‘You taught your children in this world, but in the World to Come, I, in My glory, will teach all of you the Torah,’ as it is stated: “All your children will be students of the Lord” (Isaiah 54:13).
The Building of a Synagogue and that it Should be Tall. Containing 5 Se'ifim:
The residents of a city may force one another in order to build a synagogue and to buy a Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim. (And see above, siman 55, se'if 22 [regarding] if they may force one another to hire a quorum for themselves.)
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The residents of a town can force one another (even the minority can force the majority - Rabbneu Yerucham 6:31) to put up a wall with gates and a bolt for the town; and to build a synagogue and to buy a book of the Torah, Prophets and Writings so that anyone from the community may read from them. Gloss/Rema: And the same is true for all the needs of the town and see Orachot Chaim 55 - Laws of Hiring a Cantor for the People of the Town; and also ibid., 53. And the residents of the town can force one another to provide hospitality for guests, distribute charity to them and to contribute to the charity container (Mordekhai on Bava Barta: Chapter 1; Teshuvot Maimoni on Mishneh Torah, Acquisition 59). And see above Choshen Mishpat 4 and Choshen Mishpat 7 regarding whether if the people of the town have a case with an individual, they can judge him. And... And regarding expenses that were spent to get rid of a talebearer, all of the residents of the town are obligated to give towards this (Rosh in a responsum, Principle 6: 21, 27 and repeated below Choshen Mishpat 288). And with a matter that the community is not able to be in agreement about, all the heads of households that pay taxes should convene and accept upon themselves that each one proclaim his opinion for the sake of heaven, and [then] go according to the majority. And if the minority [refuses to go along], the majority can force them [to comply] - even through the laws of the idolaters - and to extricate money form them, and they must give their portion. And backed by the ban (cherem), the opinion of one who refuses to state his opinion is nullified, and we follow the majority of those stating their opinion (Responsum of Mohoram, Sefer Kinyan 27; Hagahot Maimoniot on MT, Prayer 11). And see Yoreh Deah 256, as to when he is obligated to give to the charity container.
Ephraim is addicted to images—
Let him be.
Now that his boughs are broken up,
He feels his guilt;He himself pulls apart his altars,Smashes his pillars.