In his Washington Post/On Faith column, “Our Brothers’ Keepers, Not their Guarantors,” Rabbi Brad Hirschfield cites the Cain and Abel story to support bailing out even those who behaved irresponsibly, offering a different take than this famous TV clip arguing the government’s subsidy of “losers’ mortgages” promotes bad behavior.
When God asks him where his brother is, Cain [...]

The eternal debate over free will vs. preordained behavior continues…
By Genesis 44, Joseph’s brothers (remember, the guys who sold him and told their Dad Jacob he was dead?), have already been to Egypt once to purchase food. The famine continues and the brothers travel to Egypt again. Joseph secretly knows it’s them, but as a [...]