בראשית כו:יח וַיָּ֨שָׁב יִצְחָ֜ק וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר ׀ אֶת־בְּאֵרֹ֣ת הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ בִּימֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֔יו… Isaac dug anew the wells which ...

Devorah Tucker-Fick is a Cantorial student at ALEPH. Our parsha is Toldot. In this parsha, two twins, Esau and Jacob, have complicated relations. Esau is beloved by his father, Jacob by his mother, ...

Standing before his father Isaac, Jacob claims that he is his brother Esau (Genesis 27:19). While some commentators rationalize Jacob’s behavior, others insist that, for the rest of his life, he is ...

The Torah in Parshat Toldot narrates the story of the rivalry between Jacob and Esau. The Torah states that Isaac loved Esau, and Rebecca, Isaac’s wife, loved Jacob. We are told that when Isaac became ...

Toldot: A Story of Tension Toldot tells of Yitzchak and Rivkah, their children, and choices that shaped our destiny. Yitzchak ...

If the parasha is a saga of inheritance, of blessings fought over and destinies forged, then the haftarah is its echo, ...

As Jacob leaves his parents’ home at the behest of his mother, Rebecca, the Torah declares that Rebecca was the mother of both Jacob and Esau (Genesis 28:5). At first blush, this seems to be an ...

One of Parshat Toldot’s main themes is Yitzchak’s unique status, what Rashi calls his being an olah temimah, a pure offering. That is the reason Rashi gives to explain why he didn’t follow Avraham’s ...