Was Jacob right to take Esau’s blessing in disguise? Was he right to deceive his father and to take from his brother the blessing Isaac sought to give him? Was Rivka right in conceiving the plan in ...

Jacob’s sons assumed that their father’s death would prompt Joseph to kill them. This is due to events that occurred more about 40 years earlier and were since forgiven by Joseph. This is not the ...

Many questions arise regarding the state of Isaac’s mind based on his passive behavior and seeming obliviousness to things he should certainly have known. As well, it appears that Rebecca – “the ...

Among Israel’s great patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — Isaac is something of a transitional figure. That doesn’t make him unimportant, but he is transitional. He’s important because he ...

Say what you will about what Esau, it is hard to read this week’s sedra without feeling sorry for him. Having traded away his birthright, he now loses his blessing, as well. The Torah portrays the ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Jacob is grappling with fear at the prospect of returning home to his parents’ house more than 20 years after he left. Last he heard, his father Isaac was dying, his twin ...

This week's Dvar Torah is by Rabbi Yeroham Simsovic,former Rav shaliach in Oxford (2006-2007) and is currently teaching at Yeshivat Horev in Jerusalem In the issue of Isaac’s blessings to his sons, ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. If you're familiar with Genesis 36, you know that it's nothing but a list of the descendents of Esau—their names, their ...

“And Rebecca took the costly garments of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and she dressed Jacob, her younger son.” Why did Rivka take Esav’s clothes to mask Yaakov if Yitzchak is ...

King Solomon with heavenly inspiration tells us The sum of the matter, when all is said and done: Revere God and observe His commandments! For this applies to all mankind: that God will call every ...