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This week Rabbi Lauren Henderson and Dr. Amy Robertson look at Vayetzei and try to parse the complicated "truth detector" system that Jacob sets up in his negotiations with Laban. Why set up such a system only to immediately undermine it? What is the relationship between Jacob's own manipulations and God's will for Jacob? And how do we feel about having such a critical ancestor who gets into such shenanigans in the first place?
This week Rabbi Lauren Henderson and Dr. Amy Robertson look at Vayetzei and try to parse the complicated "truth detector" system that Jacob sets up in his negotiations with Laban. Why set up such a system only to immediately undermine it? What is the relationship between Jacob's own manipulations and God's will for Jacob? And how do we feel about having such a critical ancestor who gets into such shenanigans in the first place?