The Book of Genesis shares the intriguing and familiar story of twin brothers, Jacob and Esau, the sons of Isaac. Jacob, ...

Comments on Torah Portion Va-Yishlach 2024 (adapted from previous versions) c Rabbi Mordecai Finley In our Torah portion, ...

32:31). My suggestion is that we can only understand the passage by reviewing the entirety of Jacob’s life. Jacob was born ...

Precisely when a person sees himself in great need, after exhausting his actions and efforts, he must strengthen his faith, ...

Rebecca orchestrates an elaborate deception, instructing Jacob to disguise himself as Esau and trick his father Isaac into giving him the blessing. Isaac, who loves Esau, unwittingly blesses Jacob ...

What is worth striving for? Fighting for? Dying for? This week’s Parsha, Vayetzei, focuses on how Jacob became Israel, the next in line after Abraham and Isaac, the successor in the covenant ...

Jacob is the 'good guy' in his family, but was his twin really such a villain? What if he had been educated with the love ...

Rivalry and intrigue fill the house of Yitzchak and Rivkah, as their twin sons Yaakov and Esau vie for their father's blessing. (Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated ...

Esau vows to kill his twin brother. Jacob flees to his uncle Laban’s home ... Who is the one injuring us? And then, Jacob pleas for a blessing, a blessing that will wipe away his fear: “Let me go, for ...

Why did Rebecca tell Jacob to deceive Isaac and take Esau’s blessing? Her instruction is brisk and peremptory: “Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you: Go now to the flock and ...