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Why Did Isaac Love Esau?
Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal adversaries. Not only were they
Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal adversaries. Not only were they
He was 137 years old. He had been through two traumatic events involving the people most precious to him in the world. The first involved
It is the hardest passage of all, one that seems to defy understanding. Abraham and Sarah have waited years for a child. God has promised
For each of us there are milestones on our spiritual journey that change the direction of our life and set us on a new path.
There are times when an ancient text seems to speak more directly to where we are now than to the time when it was first
With Ha’azinu we climb to one of the peaks of Jewish spirituality. For a month Moses had taught the people. He had told them their
In the early 1990s, one of the great medical research exercises of modern times took place. It became known as the Nun Study. Some 700
Buried among the epic passages in Va’etchanan—among them the Shema and the Ten Commandments—is a brief passage with large implications for the moral life
There are moments when Divine Providence touches you on the shoulder and makes you see a certain truth with blazing clarity. Let me share with
Then the word of the Lord came to him: ‘Why are you here, Elijah?’ He replied, ‘I am moved by the zeal for the
It took me two years to recover from the death of my father, of blessed memory. To this day, almost twenty years later, I am
The more I study the Torah, the more conscious I become of the immense mystery of Exodus 33. This is the chapter set in the