BROTHERS APART (VIDEO)
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.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) It’s not every day that the Speaker of the House talks about stuffing his pockets with pebbles. But that’s precisely what happened at a... Read More