JERUSALEM (RNS) The fabrics provide “new and important information” about the Edomites, the descendants of Esau who often fought against the ancient Israelites. JERUSALEM (RNS) Israeli archaeologists ...

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Many events in the Book of Deuteronomy intersect with the Genesis narrative. For example, Genesis narrates the stories of Jacob and Esau while Deuteronomy involves their descendants – the nations of ...

This is my 24th consecutive post connecting the parasha to Israel’s pro-democracy protests. In a single chapter of this week’s parasha, Hukkat, Miriam dies (Numbers 20:1); God tells Moses and Aaron ...

Yaakov simmered a stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. Esau said to Yaakov, ‘Pour into me, now, some of that very red stuff for I am exhausted.’ He therefore called his name ...