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Why does Yakov bless Ephraim and Menashe at the same time? Why not bless them one after the other?

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Because if he blessed them one after the other, you'd ask why he didn't bless them at the same time. :-) – msh210♦ Nov 11 '12 at 4:57
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@msh210 But he blesses all of his direct children individually. – Double AA♦ Nov 11 '12 at 7:57
Maybe they both represented Yosef, and therefore were blessed as if the two of them were the one Yosef — the number of tribes always has to be twelve , and Levi was also counted in this blessing (see what the Ramban writes in VeZos HaBrachah regarding why Shim'on was omitted) – b a Nov 11 '12 at 17:33

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