Dealing with difficult relationships | Parshah Vayishlach This portion from in Gen 32 we discover a pattern for healing destructive relationships. Jacob was able to normalize his relationship with Esaw after carefully managing his...
Rod Bryant points out some important facts about national and individual repentance. All mankind is called to repent. However not all are called to repent the same. Check out this informative discussion from Netiv.
Vayishlach (וַיִּשְׁלַח — Hebrew for “and he sent,” the first word of the parashah) is the eighth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 32:4–36:43. The parashah has the most verses of any weekly Torah portion in the book of Genesis (but...
VAYISHLACH Torah reading: Gen. 32.4-36.43 Further materials by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum relating to this and the ensuing parshahs about Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, can be found in EARTH & SPIRIT THE ENCOUNTER WITH ESAU...
Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe outlines the description of a prophet and his role in Israel. There is a qualification of a prophet which must be used to judge the truthfulness of a prophet. 6. I...
Each person who leaves idol worship and clings to HaShem find themselves tested in their journey. Rod Bryant encourages you to emprace the struggle.
After examining the persistent prayer of Rebecca teaches us the power of prayer. This week’s reading opens with the announcement that Rebecca was barren. She then conceived following Isaac’s prayers (Gen. 25:2021)
In this Torah portion, Rebecca and Isaac have twins, the smooth-skinned Jacob, who Rebecca favors, and the hairy Esau, who Isaac favors. After coming home from a hunting trip, Esau asks his brother for...
Avraham Sutton provides insight into the weekly Parshah From Genesis 25-27. He contrasts the differences between Jacob and Esav and its prophetic implications. Sutton is an Orthodox Torah mentor, teacher, and author. For over...
Discover the connection to Isaac digging wells to the Holy Temple and every mans connection to the Creator of the Universe.
Based on the Thirteen Principles of Faith Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe explores the depth of Principle six G-D communicates through prophecy. Pirkei Avot begins with a statement of the chain of transmission of the Torah from...
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Gen. 18.1-22.24. Haftara II Kings 4.1-37 (Sephardi ritual: II Kings 4.1-23). G-d’s Covenant with Abraham, marked by the sign of circumcision, brought Abraham to an entirely new level,...
If you look at the way the very first word in the Book of Leviticus (which we begin reading publicly this Shabbos) is written in any Torah scroll anywhere in the world, you will...
Chabad.org Daily Study – December 13, 2019 – Kislev 15, 5780
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