What The Rabbis Of The Talmud Learned From Naomi And Ruth
May 21, 2014 By Judith Hauptman | Short Video | Shavuot
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Who Are You? A Question For All Of Us
May 21, 2014 By Eliezer B. Diamond z”l | Short Video | Shavuot
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A Deer In The Sheepfold: A Conversion Tale
May 21, 2014 By Anne Lapidus Lerner | Short Video | Shavuot
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Brothers: Isaac And Ishmael
Sep 9, 2014 By Burton L. Visotzky | Short Video | Rosh Hashanah
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Reconciliation of Faiths
Nov 29, 2003 By Rachel Ain | Commentary | Toledot
Sibling conflict is not a new story in the Torah. Isaac knows well his own history of sibling rivalry with Ishmael. They spent years apart, yet reconciled over the burial of their father Abraham. So too in this week’s parashah we see a rift between two siblings. Jacob stands before his father Isaac in disguise and takes a blessing that rightfully belongs to Esau. Upon hearing this, Esau cries out to Isaac, “Have you only one blessing, father?” (Genesis 27:37) How could Isaac, the father of both sons, in fact choose only one son to bless? How could there in fact, be only one blessing?
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