Tag: Esau

In a world that celebrates exhaustion, we can look to Jacob and Esau for a deeper lesson: we have to value what truly matters.

Boaz Davidoff February 13, 2025 Parashat Vayishlach Parashat Vayishlach Dvar Torah

Stones represent the memories and wisdom gathered from living our lives. Each affirms that moment and its worthiness of being remembered.

Lara Rodin December 17, 2024 JTS Senior Sermon Learning

The haftarah connects to the parashah through Jacob and Esau in the early biblical period, and Israel and Edom in the later period.

Etz Hayim Humash December 1, 2024 Neviim (Prophets) Obadiah

The haftarah and parashah connect as Malachi highlights God’s love for Jacob and rejection of Esau, the ancestors of Israel and Edom.

Etz Hayim Humash November 15, 2024 Malachi Neviim (Prophets)

What can we learn about forgiveness from the Rabbis' boogeyman? Esau is that boogeyman but we can learn from his relationship with Jacob.

Alex Friedman February 5, 2024 Parashat Vayishlach Parashat Vayishlach Dvar Torah

Rabbi Mordechai Rackover teaches: Life is not a zero-sum and one of the keys is to recognize that people grow and change.

Rabbi Mordechai Rackover November 17, 2023 Parashat Toldot Parashat Toldot Dvar Torah

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