תרשיש ושהם וישפה
Chazal (Bereishis Rabbah 71:5) teach that the yashfeh was the stone of Binyamin. Being the son of Rachel Imeinu, who remained silent when her sister took her place on the night that she was to be married, he symbolizes silence. Thus, he is represented by the yashfeh stone, which stands for yeish peh, there is mouth; something can be said, but he remained in control and was silent. As a result of Rachel Imeinu’s commitment to the middah, attribute, of shetikah, her two sons personified the maintenance of self-control in speech. Indeed, although Binyamin was well aware that Yosef has…