As we consider this week's Torah portion, we might also consider our own situations as present-day custodians and witnesses ...
This week’s Torah portion, Toldot, offers one of the most memorable, and relatable, family sagas in our tradition: the story ...
If the parasha is a saga of inheritance, of blessings fought over and destinies forged, then the haftarah is its echo, ...
Devorah Tucker-Fick is a Cantorial student at ALEPH. Our parsha is Toldot. In this parsha, two twins, Esau and Jacob, have complicated relations. Esau is beloved by his father, Jacob by his mother, ...
What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...
Not to give in to impulses and the desire for immediate gratification but to steer it toward a higher purpose.
Jeremy Rosen, is an orthodox rabbi, born in Manchester. Studied philosophy at Cambridge University in England and Be’er Yaakov and Mir yeshivot in Israel where he received Semicha. He has served as a ...
As Jews of faith, we believe with certainty that history has a direction, and we exist within a long process whose end is the complete redemption of all humanity. In parashat Toldot, we read about the ...