Our parsha relates Pharaoh’s decree that all Jewish male babies be thrown into the river. The Gemara (Sotah 11a) teaches that there were three people

Our parsha relates that Yaakov’s life span was 147 years. Interestingly, the Daat Zikeinim (Bereishit 47:8) quotes a midrash which teaches that originally Yaakov was

Until Yosef actually revealed his identity, the brothers did not realize that the viceroy with whom they were interacting all the while was their own

Yosef arranged that Binyamin be arrested for stealing his goblet, and when the brothers were accused by Yosef’s official, they eagerly opened their sacks to

Our parsha begins by saying that “Yaakov settled in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.” The midrash (Bereishit Rabbah 84:4)

Our parsha explicitly records the death of Devorah, the wet nurse of Rivka, as it states, “Devorah, the wet nurse of Rivka, died, and she

Leah named her first son Reuven. The Gemara (Berachot 7b) says that by naming him Reuven, Leah [prophetically] imparted the following: See (“re’u”) the difference

 Eisav sold the bechora to his twin brother Yaakov, not even making much profit from it, but just for some simple lentils. Essentially, he sold

The midrash (Bereishit Rabbah 58:3) on our parsha records a story of when R’ Akiva was sitting and expounding the Torah and noticed that the

While at first glance it might appear that one who gives to a needy person is the real “giver” in this exchange, on a deeper

When Avraham and Lot part ways, the midrash (Bereishit Rabbah 41:7) on our parsha (13:11) relates that Lot exclaimed, “I want neither Avraham nor his

For many months Noach was safe, yet also stuck, in the teiva. Indeed, he suffered tremendously there (see Gemara Pesachim 108b). But finally, the Torah