IT’S ALL ABOUT THE EFFORT
Why did Leah thank God when she had Yehudah, but not when she had her first three sons? Why was Rachel jealous of Leah when she had Yehudah? Rabbi Dunner shares an insightful piece from the Izhbitzer, who uses a famous passage from Masechet Megillah to shed light on these two anomalies.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Arnold Toynbee, the great twentieth-century historian, devoted his life to studying civilizations — how they rise, how they flourish, and then, inevitably, how they... Read More