According to the students of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, how one should behave is easily divided into three easy-to-remember pieces of advice. The tenth mishna of the second chapter of Avot records the advice of Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrkanus.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In Parshat Vayishlach, Yaakov embraces diplomacy eith Esav while Shimon and Levi choose confrontation with Shechem. What determines the difference? Rabbi Dunner explores the... Read More