Parshas Vayeitzei, Rav Moshe Shapiro once remarked, is a parsha “filled with stones.â€
It opens with the account of Yaakov Avinu’s first rest in fourteen
President Obama’s attitude toward American foreign policy of “leading from behind†has led to a sharp decline in US influence, leaving its allies in
And on a late
November night
I sat down
And tried to write
But had no words
And scratched my head
And then I opened
The Yated
Perhaps I’ll see
What there