When I read this story, especially right after reading the Jacob stories that we’ve been reading, here is what strikes me most: These people are goofy. All of them. So Jacob has made it to Canaan, and has been sobered a little by his experience of life. He’s a little less of a traveler, a [...]
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People are goofy
Posted: January 29, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: dreams, Jacob, Joseph, questions, Shechem
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What would we gain? – ORANGE
Posted: January 27, 2012 in OrangeTags: Dinah, division, feelings, Jacob, power, responsibility, Shechem
“What would we gain from the Bible by having yet another story of humiliation and pain?” asks Rabbi Lia Bass. We are not yet done with the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, and how many stories of humiliation and pain have we found? What would we gain by having yet another? [...]
