Dvar Torah - Parshas Toldos

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Dvar Torah         by Rabbi Label Lam         Print Version
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Parshas Toldos I Shall Move the World! And HASHEM told her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two manners of government will separate themselves from your inwards, and one form of government will be mightier than the other, and the greater will serve the lesser.” (Breishis 25:23)

Rabbi Zweig - Parshas Toldos

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Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha         by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig         Print Version
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Parshas Toldos How About Them Apples? "And these are the offspring of Yitzchak son of Avraham - Avraham gave birth to Yitzchak" (25:19) Parshas Toldos records the births of Yaakov and Eisav. The introductory verse states "these are the generations of Yitzchak, the son of Avraham - Avraham gave birth to Yitzchak". Citing the Midrash, Rashi explains the necessity of the apparent redundancy regarding Yitzchak's relationship to Avraham; it was in response to cynics of the generation who cast aspersions as to the legitimacy of Yitzchak's lineage.

PARSHAH PICKS: The Positive Power of Negative Thoughts and more... (Toldot)

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Parshah Picks Cheshvan 26, 5772 · November 23, 2011 General Overview: In this week's reading, Toldot, Jacob and Esau are born. Isaac relocates to Philistine where he digs wells, resulting in friction between him and the locals. Rebecca and Jacob successfully deceive Isaac, tricking him into giving to Jacob the blessings he had intended for Esau.

Mikra - Parashat Hayyei Sarah, Part 2

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Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom and torah.org?

That through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

Mikra         by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom         Print Version
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Parashat Hayyei Sarah Avraham and Ephron: A Curious Negotiation IV CAN THESE BONES LIVE? One of the fascinating areas of research which has opened up many new doors of Torah understanding and insight is that of archeology. This field, relatively new and, in its finest hours, painstaking and rigorous of method, has found the Near East to be the most bountiful of areas for its own research. The many digs in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria and throughout the Middle East have uncovered virtual treasure troves of evidence linking our present to our past. The most notable example, one which deserves far more than the passing mention it will get here, is the momentous find of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 in the series of caves known as Qumran. Our understanding of the religious schisms affecting the Judean community in the last two centuries before the common era has been enhanced hundredsfold as a result of the Scrolls - and countless puzzling passages throughout Rabbinic literature have become clarified as well.

Mikra - Parashat Hayyei Sarah, Part 1

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Mikra         by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom         Print Version
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Parashat Hayyei Sarah Avraham and Ephron: A Curious Negotiation Dear Haverim, This is an early version of an essay that later was included in my first volume - Between the Lines of the Bible. The second volume will be published by Urim Press and O-U Press within the next few weeks. Shabbat Shalom, Yitzchak Etshalom  I THE PROBLEM Parashat Hayyey Sarah tells two stories; undoubtedly, the more popular (and lengthy) narrative is that of Avraham's slave and his mission to Aram to find a wife for Yitzhak. In last year's shiur (available on the Mikra home page: torah.org/advanced/mikra), I suggested an approach to understanding the nature of Avraham's directive. We will, with God's help, return to this fascinating and engaging story in future years.

Messianic Israel Alliance, Chayei Sarah

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Chayei Sarah: Genesis 23:1 to 25:18 Choose a commentary to read (or read all of them!):

MIA: Slaying Our Latter-day Goliath

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Briefing: Slaying Our Latter-day Goliath Three millennia ago, one of David's first challenges—en route to establishing his kingdom—was to have to slay Goliath. Today, one of our challenges—en route to restoring David's kingdom under the kingship of the Greater Son of David—is to slay our Goliath, which is the huge number of divisions that exist among the body.