When Yosef’s brothers arrived they prostrated themselves (vayishtachavu) before him. (Bereshith 42:6) Yosef’s brothers prostrated themselves fully before him, stretching out their hands and feet, as expressed by the word “vayishtachavu.”1 If so, why do we not prostrate ourselves completely when we recite the words “va’anachnu mishtachavim” (we prostrate ourselves) in the Aleinu prayer? Are […]
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