When Yehuda's wife dies, Tamar resolves to have children through Yehuda, as this union will found the Davidic line, culminating in the Mashiach. Meanwhile, Yosef rises to power in the house of his Egyptian master. His extreme beauty attracts the unwanted advances of his master's wife. Enraged by his rejection of her, she slanders Yosef, falsely accusing him of attempting to seduce her, and he is imprisoned. In spite of his promise, the wine steward forgets to help Yosef after he is released, and Yosef languishes in jail.
Birthdays seem about nine months apart.
Pesach gets closer to Succos every year. It seems as though our perception of the passage of time is proportional to the span of our years. When you're young, a day seems forever, and a week is beyond measurement. It's difficult to tell children to be patient because for them time has an entirely different reality. When we get home we find the wrapping is all over the back of the car.