C&C Family Edition: The Courage of Persistence (Toldot 5779)
TOLDOT: THE COURAGE OF PERSISTENCE Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of … Read more
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The Courage of Persistence (Toldot 5779)
There is a strange passage in the life of Isaac, ominous in its fore- shadowing of much of later Jewish … Read more
Why Isaac? Why Jacob? (Toldot 5778)
Why Isaac, not Ishmael? Why Jacob, not Esau? These are among the most searing questions in the whole of Judaism. … Read more
Why Did Isaac Love Esau? (Toldot 5777)
Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal … Read more
A Father’s Love (Toldot 5776)
“The boys grew up. Esau became a skilful hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jacob was a mild man who … Read more
Toldot (5774) – The Price of Silence
In an earlier Covenant and Conversation I quoted the Netziv (Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin, 1816-1893, dean of the yeshiva in … Read more
Toldot (5773) – Between Prophecy and Oracle
Rebecca, hitherto infertile, became pregnant. Suffering acute pain, “she went to inquire of the Lord” [vatelekh lidrosh et Hashem] (Bereishit … Read more
Toldot (5771) – Why did Isaac love Esau?
Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal … Read more
Toldot (5770) – Kinship and Difference
Around the gaps, silences and seeming repetitions of the biblical text, Midrash weaves its interpretations, enriching the written word with … Read more
Toldot (5769) – The other face of Esau
Last year, in Covenant and Conversation, I pointed out the other side of the Esau story. There is a midrashic tradition … Read more