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Of Kings, Messages, Journeys: Parables of Teshuvah

  • November 17, 2016

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This study sheet contains two parables of the King and the returning son by the Baal Shem Tov, as well one of Kafka’s parables, “The Imperial Messenger,” which has some intriguing echoes of and stark contrasts with the first two stories.

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