JACOB’S BLESSINGS
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Jacob’s blessings for his children in Parshat Vayechi are extremely puzzling. The language is rich and poetic, but the content is not what one might expect as a blessing. Rabbi Dunner focuses on the blessings given by Jacob to his four eldest sons – Reuven, Shimon, Levi and Yehudah. With the help of Ramban, Rabbi Dunner reveals the timeless messages behind each one.
(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