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  • The Mission Continues

    As in the past so it remains today - we were and still are under the selfsame commitment to adhere to the directions of the Gedolei Yisrael, who stand guard against breaches of purity threatening our camp. When we were required to ask – we asked. When we were instructed to depart – we left. The moment we are summoned back to raise the flag, every other consideration is pushed to the side and we answer: We are ready!

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הצטרפותכם לרשימת התפוצה – לכבוד היא לנו, בקרוב יחד עם השקתה של מערכת העדכונים והמידע תעודכנו יחד עם עשרות אלפי המצטרפים שנרשמו כבר.
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What did the Gift of Our Forefather Jacob Look Like?

What did the Gift of Our Forefather Jacob Look Like?

Thousands of years ago, our forefather Jacob gave an abundant gift to his brother, Esau. Just what was that gift? See the photo gallery

Yechiel Braun 03/12/2009 12:03
Online Weekly Torah Portion: "Two hundred goats and twenty Billy goats and two hundred lambs and twenty rams" (Vayishlach, 32:15)

A thousands years ago, Jacob granted his brother Esau an abundant gift. Our photographer hereby presents us with pictures of what that gift might had looked like:


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 Rams and cows [צלם]
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Rams [צלם]
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Rams and cows 
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Billy goats [צלם]
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Billy goats [צלם]
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Lambs [צלם]
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Lambs [צלם]
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 Goats צלם]

And for the math wiz: just calculate how much cuts from these animals cost today, and you'll see how much this gift would be worth today…