Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park

Machshava:

Chassidut,  Hebrew Literature,  Zionism 

Parsha:

Toldot 

Collections: The Episode of the Wells

Description

Why would the Plishtim seal wells in the Negev, instead of taking the water for themselves? Classic peshat/derush/sod approaches associated with mitnagdim, plus the Chasidic Torah seeing the wells as representing light, ahavah and yirah - and a Zionist approach from S. Y. Agnon in his story מאויב לאוהב.