Tag: isaac

Isaac and Esau (Toldot 5780)

25th November 2019

Download the accompanying Family Edition here! It’s a haunting question. Why did Isaac love Esau? The verse says so explicitly: … Read more

30th October 2018

There is a strange passage in the life of Isaac, ominous in its fore- shadowing of much of later Jewish … Read more

29th October 2018

The language of the Torah is, in Erich Auerbach’s famous phrase, “fraught with background.” Behind the events that are … Read more

30th October 2017

The stories told in Bereishit chapters 21 and 22 – the sending away of Ishmael and the binding of Isaac … Read more

28th November 2016

Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal … Read more

9th November 2015

“The boys grew up. Esau became a skilful hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jacob was a mild man who … Read more

6th November 2010

Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal … Read more

23rd October 2010

It is the hardest passage of all, one that seems to defy understanding. Abraham and Sarah have waited years for … Read more