At first, Yehuda is a leader in a sorely lacking way, he prominently chooses the wrong thing to say, encouraging the brothers to throw Yosef

(א) וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים וּפַרְעֹה חֹלֵם וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל הַיְאֹר:  … (ד) וַתֹּאכַלְנָה הַפָּרוֹת רָעוֹת הַמַּרְאֶה וְדַקֹּת הַבָּשָׂר אֵת שֶׁבַע הַפָּרוֹת יְפֹת הַמַּרְאֶה וְהַבְּרִיאֹת

Rabbi Akiva did not begin his journey as a learned man. He was an uneducated shepherd who did not begin studying Torah until the age

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