by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 5, 2021 | Toldot, Videos
What’s the difference between getting high on drugs and getting high on God? Rabbi Shlomo Katz explains based on the Torah portion of Toldot that a Godly high keeps you high, but getting high on drugs, leaves you feeling low.
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 5, 2021 | Toldot, Videos
Have you ever wanted to learn the Bible in Hebrew? Rabbi Elan Adler goes through the weekly Torah portion of Toldot and offers insights into the Hebrew meaning of the stories between Jacob and Esau.
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 5, 2021 | Toldot, Videos
Sondra Oster Baras explains the sibling rivalry between Jacob and Esau. Jewish Bible commentaries explain that the rivalry between Jacob and Esau is carried out by their descendants, Jews and Christians. She brings many fascinating examples from Jewish history about...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 5, 2021 | Israel, Light Unto the Nations, Parenting, Toldot
After years of infertility and countless heartfelt prayers, Rebecca finally conceives. As grateful as she must have been for being blessed with carrying a child, she finds the pains of pregnancy difficult to bear and goes to inquire of God as to why she is suffering...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 5, 2021 | Toldot, Videos
Jacob then gave Esau bread and lentil stew; he ate and drank, and he rose and went away. Thus did Esau spurn the birthright. וְיַעֲקֹב נָתַן לְעֵשָׂו לֶחֶם וּנְזִיד עֲדָשִׁים וַיֹּאכַל וַיֵּשְׁתְּ וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלַךְ וַיִּבֶז עֵשָׂו אֶת־הַבְּכֹרָה׃ (Genesis 25:34) Have...
by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 5, 2021 | Mourning, Toldot
Esau returned home from the field to find Jacob cooking lentil stew. Famished from a tiring day of hunting, Esau demanded that Jacob give him some lentil stew to eat, Jacob agreed on the condition that Esau would sell him his birthright. Feeling that he had no use for...
