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Podcast: The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Episode: Vayechi – Fish Amidst the Land
Description: Jacob’s life has been extremely chaotic. Forced to tussle with his twin. Jacob’s life got off to a rocky start. Compelled to usurp the blessings, Jacob had to flee. Laban’s house was hardly a refuge – it was 20 years of non-stop contention with the wiliest trickster of them all. After battling Esau’s angel, still fully navigating the reunion, reckoning with the rape of Dinah and the slaughter of Shechem, Jacob thought that his series of travails was over. But then the imbroglio of Joseph was foisted upon him. Jacob’s life is emblematic of what will happen to his...