Parashat Toledot: Jacob and Esau

Parasha Toledot

The Toledot describes Jacob and Esau’s fight, Isaac’s passing off his wife Rebekah as his sister, and Isaac’s blessing of his sons.

Parasha of the Week: Toledot

Isaac Blessing Jacob (1637 painting by Giuseppe Ribera)

“Measure for Measure” There is a millennia old debate whether Yaakov did right in deceiving his father into giving him Esav’s blessings. I believe the answer is in the Talmudic idiom which is the title of this article. The rabbis coined that idiom because they noticed that the biblical narrative shows parallelism between one’s actions […]

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