The Schrift - Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern Times

Interview 7 - Meir Goldberg, Director of Rutgers Jewish XPerience - Vayetza


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The word "romantic" is not always as romantic as one might think. In the Torah, there is an unquestionable "love triangle" between Jacob, Rachel, and Leah. Two years ago on The Schrift, I questioned whether Jacob's love for the infertile Rachel might be read as a cautionary tale. Yet my interviewee Meir Goldberg teaches that this love triangle is elegant--not problematic. Meir explains why the Torah wants us to get married and have children and why it is not Jacob but we who are "lovesick."

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The Schrift - Ancient Jewish Wisdom for Modern TimesBy Steven Toby Weinberg

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