who wrote this in less time than Esau needed to build Rome. Gen. 32:16, listing the gifts that Jacob offered Esau when returning to the land of Israel from Mesopotamia, where he had established a ...

Modern Jews also need to change the world because the outside is getting nasty. A worldwide study of Antisemitism was released by the ADL on January 14. The results were frightening: “The survey shows ...

What would happen then? Jews have long cast Esau — a protagonist in this week’s Torah portion, Toledot — as a villain. My son once brought home puppets of Jacob and Esau — Jacob was ...

When Jacob and Esau met up after twenty-two years, they fell into each other’s arms and kissed. This was a miracle because Esau had intended to kill Jacob upon his return home. Jacob feared his ...

First, the set up. Jacob has been gone from Canaan for 20 years. He left Canaan in fear, after tricking his father Isaac to appropriate the birthright from his brother Esau. After being deprived ...

In case of abuse, In the beginning of the Torah portion of Vayishlach, Jacob sends messengers (angels, according to Rashi) to his brother Esau: Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother ...

Simon points out that the book of Beresis as a whole focuses on relationships between brothers: Cain and Abel; Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, and finally Joseph and his brothers. All of these ...

What is the meaning of such detailed wording? Surely, God knows that Esau is his brother, that Jacob fears him, and that he is anxious about what Esau might do. Why, then, does Jacob specify all ...