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I will not be the first or last to comment on the spotty origins of the line of David, the lineage of the Messiah ben David. Genesis 38:2 וַיַּרְא-שָׁם יְהוּדָה בַּת-אִישׁ כְּנַעֲנִי, וּשְׁמוֹ שׁוּעַ “And Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man, and his name was Shua” This line occurs immediately after Joseph is sold into slavery. [...] I recently bought my first hassidic book, the Mei haShiloah, on a trip to Rosenblum’s on Chicago’s North Side. I’ve heard good things about it and decided to give this old misnaged (non-hasid) a little ruhiyut (spirtuality). This parasha opens 37:1וַיֵּשֶׁב יַעֲקֹב, בְּאֶרֶץ מְגוּרֵי אָבִיו–בְּאֶרֶץ, כְּנָעַן which the Izbitzer Rebbe (Mei haShiloah) says not to [...] | ||||
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