MK Uri Maklev gave a topical reference in a lesson for Knesset employees: "Jacob preceded Ephraim in blessing him despite Manasseh's birthright and righteousness, because he had only studied Torah. Even Pharaoh, who did not know Joseph, knew that those who study Torah - the tribe of Levi - are not enslaved." • On the appointment of the new ministers in the government: "Only in Egypt was there a minister for everything, the minister of bakers and the minister of cupbearers. It's just that here they didn't appoint us the interpreter of dreams...""
