BROTHERS APART
Before meeting up with Esau after a separation that had lasted many years, Jacob sends messengers with gifts to appease his brother. The messengers were instructed to convey the gifts with a specific script. Rabbi Dunner shares an array of interpretations drawn from his grandfather’s sefer, Mikdash Halevi, offering a backdrop to these seemingly innocent communications.
AVOIDING THE TRAP OF REGRESSION
Over the past year or so, there has been a strange and unsettling shift on parts of the political and cultural right. Figures who built their influence by pushing back... Read More