tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36649445.post4432606606786016329..comments2023-03-14T06:56:21.208-07:00Comments on The Relevant Parsha: Men are from Egypt, Women are from IsraelRabbi Yisroel Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732599880950749051noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36649445.post-74571187691008095682007-07-14T23:15:00.000-07:002007-07-14T23:15:00.000-07:00Rabbi,The Rashi comment you quote is interesting i...Rabbi,<BR/><BR/>The Rashi comment you quote is interesting in light of the fact that the tribe of Manashe had a quite of few members who did not want to live on the western side of the Jordon. I suppose this makes it important for Rashi to point out that there were elements in the tribe who were able to go to the other extreme and show great love for the land.<BR/><BR/>It is also interesting to think about how for Menashe, Kana'an was not a homeland from birth, as he was born in Egypt. In addition, if as the tradition states, he was born from a line which went back to Dinah, the only explicitly reported daughter of Jacob, he would be a member of a family which never had a share in the land because she was not the head of a tribe. It is no wonder we see both extremes in his descendants - great desire for the land and disinterest in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36649445.post-56883669374789734642007-07-06T11:33:00.000-07:002007-07-06T11:33:00.000-07:00Reena asked: if women didn't sin....(ie gold calf,...Reena asked: if women didn't sin....(ie gold calf, sin of the spies) why do we have to fast? <BR/><BR/>Good question! I guess we're all in this together.Rabbi Yisroel Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732599880950749051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36649445.post-875740778701890962007-07-06T07:50:00.000-07:002007-07-06T07:50:00.000-07:00Those who descend from the saintly Rabbi Reines, t...Those who descend from the saintly Rabbi Reines, the founder of the Mizrachi movement, as you do, show that today as well this idea has been "faithfully passed down from one righteous generation to the next."<BR/><BR/>A gutten Shabbos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com