Bread of many colors for Vayyeshev

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִכָּל־בָּנָ֔יו כִּֽי־בֶן־זְקֻנִ֥ים ה֖וּא ל֑וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה ל֖וֹ כְּתֹ֥נֶת פַּסִּֽים:־

Israel loved Joseph above all his other sons—for he was the son of his old age—and made for him a striped tunic. (Genesis 37:3)

It was red and yellow and green and brown
And scarlet and black and ochre and peach
And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
And cream and crimson and silver and rose
And azure and lemon and russet and grey
And purple and white and pink and orange
And red and yellow and green and brown and
Scarlet and black and ochre and peach
And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
And cream and crimson and silver and rose
And azure and lemon and russet and grey
And purple and white and pink and orange
And blue (Andrew Lloyd Weber, “Joseph’s Coat”)

The passim in Joseph’s ketonet passim may have been strips of differently colored cloth. Other translators suggest that they were sleeves. Whatever the scholarship, this bread pretty much designed itself. The colors in this case are nigella seeds, white sesame seeds, paprika and turmeric.

Shavua tov!