Similar to his father Abraham, we find ... given Jacob everything. Esau begins to weep, and in one of the most moving and heartrending episodes in all of Torah, he cries: The words “bracha ...

It says of Jacob and Esau: "The boys grew up ... One became a "skilled trapper". In other words, he would deceive people, trapping them with his mouth.... He had no occupation.

One day Esau returns from a hunt to find Jacob preparing a lentil porridge. Famished, he asks Jacob for some food. Jacob agrees, but on one condition: that Esau sell him his birthright.

In other words, Jacob should have offered Dinah to Esau in an effort to reform him, and his not doing so resulted in a terrible tragedy for the entire family. Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter ...

In case of abuse, In the spiritual narrative of humanity, the story of Jacob and Esau stands ... Understanding While the exact words of Yitzhak’s blessing to Esau in Bereshit 27:39-40 do not ...

The Torah vividly describes Esau running to embrace and kiss Jacob. Interestingly, in the Torah scroll, the word “kiss” (vayishakehu) is marked with dots, which the Midrash interprets as ...

But, there is a dilemma when we look at Esau ... that Jacob learned Torah. Nothing else needed to be done. Isaac had succeeded. Jacob would eagerly learn and transmit the word of God.

Jacob has fled from the murderous anger of his brother, Esau. He comes to a certain place ... I shed tears for the state of Israel — “just a word in Hebrew pierces my veins and my soul.” ...