Tag: the name israel

No Longer Shall You Be Called Jacob (Vayishlach 5780)

9th December 2019

Download the accompanying Family Edition here! One fact about this week’s parsha has long perplexed the commentators. After his … Read more

20th November 2017

What did Jacob add to the Jewish experience? What is it that we find in him that we do not … Read more

29th December 2015

Genesis ends on an almost serene note. Jacob has found his long lost son. The family has been reunited. Joseph … Read more

23rd November 2015

It is one of the most enigmatic episodes in the Torah, but also one of the most important, because it … Read more