This week’s Torah reading focuses on the gulf that existed between Yaakov and Eisav, as became apparent in the sale of Eisav’s firstborn rights to Yaakov. Eisav came home tired, and noticed that Yaakov had prepared a stew of lentils. The Sages tell us that Avraham had died on that day, and Yaakov
Everyone would agree that all the tests of Abraham, ’a”h, were very difficult. Whether it was the commandment to leave his homeland, or the extremely
אֵ֚לֶּה תּֽוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו
These are the generations of Noah, Noah was a righteous man in his
There are commandments we find easy to observe because they make sense to us. But how should we relate to those commandments which are
