Category: Vayishlach
IT’S ONLY IN HIS KISS
The meeting between Jacob and Esau in Vayishlach after 34 years of separation, and so... Read More
THE SECRET OF GREATNESS (PODCAST)
One of the most remarkable leaders of orthodox Jewry in the twentieth century was Rabbi... Read More
THE SECRET OF GREATNESS
William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night is probably his most enduring and popular comedy. At one... Read More
THE POWER OF A NAME
Last Wednesday I crept quietly into a room at my daughter’s apartment in New York,... Read More
LESSONS FROM A BIBLICAL SHOWDOWN (2)
In Parshat Vayishlach (Gen. 32), Jacob confronts his brother Esau for the first time in... Read More
BEING CERTAIN ABOUT THE FUTURE
In his memoirs, the controversial Danish politician Karl Kristian Steincke (1880-1963) presented a collection of... Read More
LESSONS FROM A BIBLICAL SHOWDOWN (1)
In Parshat Vayishlach (Gen. 32), Jacob confronts his brother Esau for the first time in... Read More
PRELUDE TO A BETTER FUTURE
The destruction of Aleppo in Syria and the wanton murder of its citizens has once... Read More