In this episode, Rabbi Reinman describes the rivalry among Jacob’s children and the plot that resulted in Joseph being sold into slavery. Chapter Eighteen: Sibling Warfare
Several questions come to mind. Jewish tradition reveres all Jacob’s sons as great and righteous men. They were raised to be the heirs to the legacy of the patriarchs. They bore on their shoulders the burden of building a nation that would declare the unity of God to the world and be a light to the nations. They were not barbarians.
Rav Gershon Ribner, rosh kollel of Kollel Nesivos Hatorah and son-in-law of Rav Shneur Kotler, has succeeded in applying classical Talmudical analysis and methodology to understanding all areas of Yiddishkeit, bringing out its profundity and sense.
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