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.
(For SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In the saga that was Joseph's rollercoaster life, one moment sticks out as particularly startling - when his master's wife tries to seduce him, and... Read More