A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. – Niccolo ...
During my Bible reading, I came across something I would like to share. Hot off the press!! (No pun intended). It’s found in Genesis Chapter 33. It’s the story where ...
Indeed, Esau’s willingness to trade something eternal for something fleeting remains intact even after he is nourished. He is ...
Jacob spotted him first. From the kitchen window, he saw Esau stumble slightly on the path. His gait was slower than usual, ...
Isaac appreciated Esau’s ability to hunt and dominate the beasts, the trait needed to dominate bestial peoples. Could Yaakov do the same?
Whether the Jew is wealthy or poor, mighty or weak, it seems we face our troubles in isolation. Not during the Holocaust, not ...
No Jew is too far. No Jew is “just another Esau.” Every Jew who stands before the world looking like Esau is still, ...
This week’s Torah portion, Toldot, offers one of the most memorable, and relatable, family sagas in our tradition: the story ...
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 ...
"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." ...
True diversity is not the coexistence of differences but their orchestration. Complementarity is the higher ethical stage of ...
The fifth biblical man in this series is Jacob. Jacob is the second son of Isaac, and as such he started out without an inheritance of the promises given to Abraham and Isaac. When I think of Jacob, I ...
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