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Get StartedAn Unwinding Akeidah (Part 28 of 94)
The Joseph Story
In addressing the question "What does the intertextuality mean?", Rabbi Fohrman continues to highlight the reverse parallels between the Binding of Isaac story and the Divine communication with Jacob, and demonstrates how the latter narrative seems to indicate an"unwinding" of that which was promised in the former.
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