Yes, Esav rises high up to the top of the ladder, but eventually Hashem orchestrates his fall. It was prophesied then and it ...

In the aftermath, Barak felt utterly broken, and his closest family members couldn’t look him in the eye because the pain was ...

The text indicates that Jacob meets two camps of angels—one set of angels that accompanied him outside the Holy Land and ...

Our dream, right now, is “Beshuv Hashem et-shivat Tziyyon” — “May Hashem enable the captives of Zion to come home.” ...

Ya’akov is the patriarch that reached the pinnacle of the early Biblical period by combining the strengths of both his father and grandfather and raising all thirteen of his children to follow in hi ...

How will we get through the next four years? This week’s Torah portion, Vayetzei, offers some answers. Though there are multiple views within the Jewish community, many people I know are deeply ...

Torah study and listening to the word of God reconnect the person with the original choice of loyalty and commitment. Information ...

In the beginning of the parsha, as Esav sells the rights of firstborn to Yaakov, the Pasuk adds ויבז עשו את-הבכרה – Esav mocked the privilege of the firstborn. Rashi adds that he ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) passes against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half ...

In parashat Hayei Sarah, the Torah recounts how Abraham began to worry about finding a suitable match for his son Isaac. To ensure a proper match, he entrusted his loyal servant Eliezer with the ...

We see Hagar three times in the Torah, in Genesis 16, Genesis 22, and, according to the Midrash, in our Torah portion, Chayyei Sarah, but under the name Keturah. We met Hagar as the maidservant of ...

In case of abuse, Two of the parshiot in Sefer Bereshit have the word life (chai) in their titles, and both are concerned with death. This week’s parsha, Chayei Sarah, opens with the death and ...