Parashat Vayehi: A nation of grandparents
By citing Jacob’s blessing, we recreate that fleeting moment of multi-generational peace and shared destiny.
Jacob blesses his grandchildren Ephraim and Menashe, while their father, Joseph, steadies him, and a woman, presumably their mother, look on, in this 1656 oil-on-canvas painting by Rembrandt.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
