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Who Sent the Wagons to Jacob?

Who Sent the Wagons to Jacob?

Who Sent the Wagons to Jacob? In this week’s Torah portion, Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27), we read of Joseph’s descent to Egypt and his rise to leadership, we read that during the famine wagons full of supplies were sent to Jacob in the land of Canaan. The issue of who sent the wagons to Jacob is especially relevant since the Torah tells us that when Yaacov “saw the wagons Joseph sent, his spirit was revived" (Genesis 45:27). Our sages explain that when Jacob saw these wagons, he took this a
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
The Council of My Nation - Law and Chosenness - Christian Objections to the Structure of the Law

The Council of My Nation - Law and Chosenness - Christian Objections to the Structure of the Law

B. Christian Objections to the Structure of the Law We have thus completed our summary of the structure of God’s Law, and the nation’s active role in bringing the Law to life. It is time we approached the Christian objections to the Law. Christianity is not uniform in its opposition to the Law. There are those who accept that the Law is relevant and applicable to the Jewish nation, but they make the artificial distinction between the “written law” – which they accept, and the “oral law” – which
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz