IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GRANDCHILDREN
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Why do grandparents relate so differently to their grandchildren? Modern neuroscience, Chassidic thought, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks converge on an ancient insight. In Parshat Vayechi, Yaakov blesses his grandchildren before his sons, teaching that Jewish continuity is not secured by survival alone, but by transmitting meaning, identity, and purpose across generations.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Arnold Toynbee, the great twentieth-century historian, devoted his life to studying civilizations — how they rise, how they flourish, and then, inevitably, how they... Read More