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.
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