Menachem Mirski PhD

And Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is coming up to Timnah for the sheepshearing.” So she took off her widow’s garb, covered her face with a veil, and, wrapping herself up, sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she […]

Thoughts on Parashah Vayishlach Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, and instructed them as follows, “Thus shall you say, ‘To my lord Esau, thus says your servant Jacob: I stayed with Laban and remained until now; I have acquired cattle, asses, sheep, and male […]

“Thereupon Jacob put his children and wives on camels; and he drove off all his livestock and all the wealth that he had amassed, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan. Meanwhile Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and […]

In Parashat Toledot we see yet another of the stories for which Genesis, Bereshit, is so famous. You’re probably familiar with the basics of the story– Yitzhak and Rivka have two sons, the firstborn Ezav and the second-born Yaakov. Ezav is a man of the land, favored by Yitzhak , while Yaakov is described as […]

Thoughts On Parashat Chayei Sarah One could say that there are basically four types of romantic relationships between people: 1. The ones which are established quickly and end fast. 2. The ones which are established quickly and last for a long time. 3. The ones which are established slowly and last for a long time. […]

“[…] And he said, ‘I venture again to speak to my Lord: What if twenty should be found there?’ And He answered, ‘I will not destroy, for the sake of the twenty.’ And he said, ‘Let not my Lord be angry if I speak but this last time: What if ten should be found there?’ […]