A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. – Niccolo ...
Indeed, Esau’s willingness to trade something eternal for something fleeting remains intact even after he is nourished. He is ...
Isaac appreciated Esau’s ability to hunt and dominate the beasts, the trait needed to dominate bestial peoples. Could Yaakov do the same?
Jacob spotted him first. From the kitchen window, he saw Esau stumble slightly on the path. His gait was slower than usual, ...
Whether the Jew is wealthy or poor, mighty or weak, it seems we face our troubles in isolation. Not during the Holocaust, not ...
Our matriarch Rachel, affectionately known here in Jerusalem as Mama Rachel, is an analog for the Oral Torah, i.e., Talmud and Jewish law, Midrash etc. The wisdom of the Oral Torah is the beauty for ...
The relationship between the brothers Jacob and Esau is shot through with dramatic tension: manipulation and deceit, violence and forced separation, conflict and unexpected rapprochement. So it seems ...
Have you ever read the same book or watched the same movie over and over again, and hope beyond hope that it has a different ending just this one time? As the Jewish community considers the Jacob and ...
I’m acquainted with at least three people who voted for Donald Trump. I’m thinking of these three because of the way I came to know them – as fellow volunteers at a homeless shelter. I met the first ...
No Jew is too far. No Jew is “just another Esau.” Every Jew who stands before the world looking like Esau is still, ...
"In the story of Esau, one can hear the heart-wrenching cry of a young man who has lost his rightful place in his family." ...
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