IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GRANDCHILDREN
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Why do grandparents relate so differently to their grandchildren? Modern neuroscience, Chassidic thought, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks converge on an ancient insight. In Parshat Vayechi, Yaakov blesses his grandchildren before his sons, teaching that Jewish continuity is not secured by survival alone, but by transmitting meaning, identity, and purpose across generations.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) On August 24th, 2022, an official of Brazil’s indigenous affairs agency, FUNAI, walked into a straw hut deep in the Amazon rainforest in the... Read More