THE GEOMETRIC EFFECT OF YAVNEH
Rabbi Dunner shares a strange anecdote from Talmud Yerushalmi, referencing a pasuk in Parshat Chukkat. How does Rabbi Yehoshua ben Kabsoi resolve a lifelong difficulty with this pasuk via the yeshiva in Yavneh that was established by Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai? Rav Meir Shapira of Lublin offers a beautiful explanation.
(For SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In the saga that was Joseph's rollercoaster life, one moment sticks out as particularly startling - when his master's wife tries to seduce him, and... Read More