Today, We Are Jacob's Daughters

Rabbi Jim's Podcast by Rabbi Jim Egolf

Dec 15, 20127:50Religion & Spirituality

With the events in Newtown, Conn. in hearts and minds I wanted to look to Torah. There in the portions that surround parashat Miketz, the Torah portion of Hanukkah, we find two emotional moments echoing the events in New...

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