Jacob Goes to Egypt - Weekend Torah Teaching
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of the Weekend Torah Teaching, Dennis delves into the complexities of human nature, morality, and the Jewish tradition. He explores the idea that our growth as individuals is tied to our ability to see others as real, and that empathy is essential for living a moral life. Dennis draws on the story of Jacob's journey to Egypt, where he and his family are welcomed as strangers, and the importance of loving the stranger is emphasized.
Dennis also examines the story of Joseph in Egypt, where he is tasked with managing the famine and collecting taxes from the Egyptian people. He notes that the Torah is trying to explain how the phenomenon of an entire nation being enslaved by one man came about, and how this idea is repugnant to the Jewish tradition. The episode raises important questions about the nature of power, morality, and the human condition.
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| 0:00.0 | Life Audio |
| 0:04.0 | On today's episode of Timeless Wisdom |
| 0:07.0 | We start out in life, we are the absolute universe, me. |
| 0:13.0 | I the baby, I am the universe. |
| 0:17.0 | Even your mother, I mean this is, you know, classical psychology, your mother is part of you. |
| 0:25.0 | And it's part, why is it a tough time to be a baby and grow up? |
| 0:29.1 | All of a sudden, as you get older, you realize, uh-oh, mommy isn't part of me. |
| 0:34.9 | And Judith Viorst wrote an excellent book on this, Necessary Losses. Life is a constant |
| 0:41.2 | necessary losses stage. When you lose that comfort of I and Mommy are one. And all of a sudden, |
| 0:49.0 | wait a minute, there is another. Would you ever try to explain to a two-year-old or three-year-old |
| 0:53.9 | that you have your own life? |
| 0:57.3 | Right. You're laughing. It's absurd. You know, trying to reason, you know, you have to understand, |
| 1:02.6 | mommy and daddy have not made love in two and a half years, and we would really like to this evening. |
| 1:08.6 | So shut up. You know, that doesn't work. |
| 1:13.7 | They don't care. |
| 1:16.1 | The trick in life is to, in fact, grow up and know that you are not the center. |
| 1:22.2 | That's coming up on timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 1:25.4 | In a world that screams for your attention, |
| 1:27.4 | there is a place that invites you to peace. |
| 1:29.6 | You don't need a building. |
| 1:30.7 | You don't need a choir. |
| 1:31.7 | You just need to turn your heart to Air One. |
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